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On 2015-08-03 18:39, jd1008 wrote:
>
>
> On 08/03/2015 10:34 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
> So how will a user write to the raw device?
You tell me. I don't know.