Mount: /dev/da0: Operation not permitted

[Bertram Scharpf]

On Monday, 30. Jun 2014, 10:32:57 -0700,, Chris Kelley wrote:
> # mount -t ufs /dev/da0 /mnt/vault
> mount: /dev/da0: Operation not permitted

The first block of 512 bytes is used for partition information and may
not be overwritten by any file system. Do the partitioning, then say
something like

  # newfs -U /dev/da0s1a
                     ^^^
  # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt/foo
                  ^^^

Start here: <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disks-adding.html>.

Bertram

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