On Dec 8, Scott Bartram wrote
> 
> [...]
> 8 partitions:
> #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
>   a:  8890759        1      4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0*- 5927*)

This '1' offset looks suspicious to me. I think your 'a' partition is still
in the disklabel area, and this the first sectors are read only.
Try something higther, like '32'.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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