from dmesg: ad3: 76319MB <WDC WD800JB-00CRA1> [155061/16/63] at ata1-slave PIO4
ha2-ha1# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad3 bs=1k count=1 dd: /dev/ad3: Operation not permitted ha2-ha1# ls -al /dev/ad3 crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x0001001a Dec 30 12:10 /dev/ad3 ha2-ha1# similarly sysinstall fdisk cannot write to disk with error: ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad3! But I can write to this disk using the freebsd install cd. System is 4-6-2-STABLE with GENERIC kernel Any ideas. Thanks, Murat To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message