In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darren Pilgrim writes:

>I can understand the usefulness of preventing modifications applying to 
>mounted partitions, and I can see the logic in unliaterally preventing 
>them, but preventing modifying slice table and disk label entries for 
>unmounted portions of the disk gets more in the way than helps.

You should be able to modify any non-open partition/slice provided
you don't try to make them overlap an open one.  You have to use
the right options to the right programs on the right devices though.

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