This fix makes mkfs.bfs also to detect if block device is busy, and warn if the device is misaligned. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c index 7057194..139130e 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("%s is not a block special device"), device); - fd = open(device, O_RDWR | O_EXCL); + fd = open_blkdev_or_file(device, O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), device); -- 2.6.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html