Forgot to set kern.geom.debugflags on FreeBSD?

[dbolser]

Hello, thanks for this script and the write up on your blog.

I'm running your script on a new disk under FreeBSD after having 1 of 3 new disks fail on me. (I'm a total noob, and the last thing I expected (trying to rescue my raid from near death) was a problem with the new disk!)

Anyway, I'm now running a burn in on the RMA'd replacement, but I forgot to execute this first:
sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=0x10

Should I now:

• Kill the bb process and do that now?
• Do it now with the bb process running anyway?
• Just not do it and don't worry so much?

I read somewhere that after you've set this kernel flag you should un-set it again later (e.g. reboot) to avoid 'problems'... (Note that my pool is currently online (DEGRADED but backed up), as I'm using the freenas box itself to burn in the new disk).

Sorry for the noobs and thanks for any advice,
Dan.

[Spearfoot]

I suggest killing your burnin job, setting the flag, and then restarting the burnin -- just in case...