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Subject:	RE: dd command problem??
Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:06:34 -0500
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This is in the User Guide:
http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html

'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:bizhong AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:54 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> 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 
> bizhong AT yahoo DOT com
> 
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