Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:04:57 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Pieckiel, Kevin A" <pieckiel_ka@vdot.state.va.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI drive read-only? Message-ID: <14912.12265.525595.212575@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <55213432@toto.iv>
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Pieckiel, Kevin A <pieckiel_ka@vdot.state.va.us> types:
> I installed FreeBSD 4.2 via FTP and used CVS to update, build, and install
> new binaries and a new (custom) kernel. The machine has an Adaptec 3950B
> SCSI card, one 4 GB IDE hard drive (boot and system drive), and five 18.3 GB
> IBM SCSI drives (for data, hot-swappable). This computer is to be our
> fileserver. Whenever I try to do anything that writes to the SCSI drives
> (/dev/da{0-4}) I get "OPERATION NOT PERMITTED" as an error message. I can
> read from the drive just fine using dd:
>
> dd if=/dev/da0 of=junkfile bs=1024 count=1024
>
> But if I try anything to write to the drive, it fails. Any clue why? I'd
> appreciate your help.
What does "sysctl kern.securelevel" say? If it's 2 or more, that's the
problem. See init(8) for details.
<mike
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