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'a:', or 'a:/' is the name of the root directory of the floppy drive, it in not the name of the device. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bizhong Hu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dd command problem?? > > > Hello, > > I am using cygwin 1.3.10 on win2k system. recently > while I try to write some file into a: using following > command: dd if=myfile of=a: bs=512 count=1, the > computer tried to write and then come back give me > error message: dd open "a:", Permission denied. I > switched to administrator account to do the same > thing, > the same result. It is obvious to me that dd try to > write to a dirve. Is dd not working yet? or my setup > is not correct? > > Thanks > > Bizhong Hu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/