Re: Thanks for the tips...

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:56:13PM -0400, SethB_(_at_)_ClarkHill_(_dot_)_com wrote:
> Phil Lipski <phil_lipski_(_at_)_hotmail_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
> > But a few days ago someone pointed out the use of the
> > atactl command - so I specificially enabled smart, readahead
> > and writecacheenable. 
> This was the first I'd heard of atactl, 

yeah, me too. Added the smartstatus calls to /etc/daily ;-))

> so I decided to try it out.
> However, whenever I run it, and no matter what command I issue (even
> "identify"), I always get the same error message:
> atactl: /dev/wd0c: Operation not permitted
> What gives?

You want to be root...
 
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