On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:24:14 -0400 "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Everyone, > > I'm trying to make boot and kern floppies, using dd, as follows: > Cdrom is mounted, floppy is mounted (and I have test written to it) > I have the 6.2 disk 1 in the cdrom drive (the "floppies" directory contains > the disk images I'd like to write) > I'm in the /cdrom directory > When I try to "disk image" the boot.flp file, here's what happens: > > # dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/fd0 > dd: /dev/fd0: Operation not permitted > > I keep getting the "operation not permitted" message. > As I said before, I CAN write to the fd0 (floppy drive), and I am logged in > as "root". > Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? > Maybe you just unmount your floppy before doing dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/fd0. It's blocked. > > > Thanks, > John > > So here's to the role of time, patience, and reflection in our lives. If we > believe it is better to build than to destroy, better to live and let live, > better to be than to be seen, then we might have a chance, slowly, to find a > satisfying way through life, this flicker of consciousness between two great > silences. > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
