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Date:      Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:51:32 +0200
From:      Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>
To:        Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot open disk /dev/twed0: Operation not permitted
Message-ID:  <3BA05774.7050702@comm.uni-bremen.de>
References:  <3B9E04CA.7020902@comm.uni-bremen.de>

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Someone emailed me the solution and i want to post it here so that it makes its 
way into the achive:
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Elliot Finley wrote:
 > The sysctl variable, kern.securelevel was set too high.  set it to -1,
 > reboot, and then partition the raid volume.
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Maybe this should go into the FAQ or into the handbook, Section 12.5 ?

Heinrich

Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE on our new server and am unable to 
> use the 3Ware escalade IDE raid.
> 
> When i try to
> 
>     fdisk -I /dev/twed0
> 
> i get:
> 
>     fdisk: can't open device /dev/twed0
>     fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/twed0: Operation not permitted
> 
> I am using the generic kernel, dmesg is attached.
> 
> Also, sysinstall doesn't see any drives on my system.
> 
> Please help, i am new to freebsd and i am really stuck!
> 
> 
> Heinrich Rebehn
> 
> University of Bremen
> Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering
> - Department of Telecommunications -
> 
> E-mail: mailto:rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de
> Phone : +49/421/218-4664
> Fax   :            -3341
> 
> 


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