dd to unused partition (Hey! someone stole my foot-shooting gun!)

[Lee Harr]

>dd if=iso of=/dev/ad0s1

>dd: /dev/ad0s1: Read-only filesystem

>I guess I can boot from the install floppies and use the fixit
>floppy.... Ok. I will go that route, but now I am wondering
>why has my favorite foot-blaster been taken away? And...
>for future reference, how can I get around the block?
>


I just tried the same thing from the fixit floppy, and I get
the same message about ad0s1 being a "Read-only
filesystem"

What am I missing here?

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