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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:34:03 -0600 (CST)
From:	Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: /cygdrive/a permission denied
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Ahmed Hashim wrote:

> Larry Hall wrote:
> > At 01:30 PM 1/15/2004, Ahmed Hashim you wrote:
> > >I'm using cygwin on Windows XP. I want to create a
> > >boot disk for my target machine
> > >
> > >when I do the following:
> > >dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin of=/cygdrive/a
> > >
> > >I get the following message:
> > >dd: opening '/cygdrive/a': Permission denied
> > >
> > Use /dev/fd0 instead.
> >
> I thought about that but I don't have /dev/fd0 in fact
> I don't have /dev at all.
>
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN757

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