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On 2015-08-03 18:26, jd1008 wrote:
>
>
> On 08/03/2015 10:21 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2015-08-03 18:00, jd1008 wrote:
>>> Are you invoking the command as root or regular user?
>>
>> As root.
> If your installation cannot write to the raw device, then
> it  is either a bug or .....????
>
> One thing that you have to be aware of is that if you
> dd an iso image to a flash, then afterwards, the OS
> will always assume it is a non-writable cdrom; that
> is until you dd /dev/zero into the raw device while
> it is not mounted.
>
There is no rda* on FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p15 #0