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On Apr 11, 2004, at 1:50 AM, Julien Gabel wrote:

>> do you  have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher
>> level (like 3)?
>
> Yes, this machine had a securevel positionned: it set to '2'. But
> because I can't touch the disk even in Single User Mode, I don't
> think it is related, but...
>
> What is your idea?
>

Ok.  I had missed the earlier parts.  I had a problem recently where a 
new disk was not "touchable" at all and it was related to the 
securelevel being at 3...

Was just a thought.

Good luck
Chad