I have typed: mkdir /home/var.vkernel ln -s /home/var.vkernel /var/vkernel dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/vkernel/rootimg.01 bs=1m count=2048 vnconfig -c -s labels vn0 /var/vkernel/rootimg.01 disklabel -e vn0s0 after I close vi with :wq and I typed newfs /dev/vn0s0a newfs: /dev/vn0s0a: in unavailable What is the problem? Regards, savio -- only the paranoid will survive