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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:07:37 -0500
To: "Kevin Dahl" <KDAHL AT sidney DOT ars DOT usda DOT gov>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: DD for windows: - problem imaging a floppy disk......
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Ah, this clarifies allot of things then.  The Cygwin site does not support
this version of dd.  I'm not sure who should be supporting it but it's not
Cygwin and it's not fileutils folks.  Looking at the zip file you downloaded,
it's not even clear that this is a GNU version.  You need to find the 
maintainer of this software and ask them about the problem.  If you need a 
working version of dd on NT/W2K/XP, you can install Cygwin's.  I'm afraid 
that's the only advice this list can give you.

Good luck,

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At 03:58 PM 4/4/2002, Kevin Dahl wrote:
>This may be where some of my MAJOR confusion is coming from.......
>
>I do not use cygwin nor do I have it installed on my NT machine......I
>am using a new windows dd port that was announced on a SANS webcast
>yesterday.....
>
>www.sans.org/webcasts/dd/
>
>When I emailed <fileutils-bugs AT gnu DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu> and told them my problem
>originally, they told me that my notation should work and to contact the
>cygwin people......
>
>Here is the exact message that I got back from
><fileutils-bugs AT gnu DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu> 
>
>- - - - - - - - - -
>Hmm...  That does seem like it should work.  Try the Cygwin folks at
>the following locations.
>
>Bob
>
>http://cygwin.com/ 
>
>       Cygwin Home Page 
>
>http://cygwin.com/faq/ 
>
>       Cygwin FAQ. Most excellent! 
>
>http://cygwin.com/bugs.html 
>
>       Cygwin Bug Report Guidelines. This is a good reference for
>       general bug reporting.
>- - - - - - - - - -
>
>
>I tried your notation (/dev/fd0) but of course it doesn't work cuz I am
>not using cygwin........So I am not sure who to turn to now........
>
>Thanks for your patience and time........
>
>
>K-Dee
>
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> >>> Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> 4/4/2002 1:16:39 PM >>>
>On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:05:56PM -0700, Kevin Dahl wrote:
> >Thanks for the response.........
> >
> >It looks like I was doing exactly what they said to do on the page
>you
> >referenced.......
>
>Um.  No, you weren't.
>
> >I even tried the following and it didn't work......(gave me "No Such
> >File or Directory" error)
> >
> >dd if=D:\dd\boot2.img of=//device/floppy0
> >dd if=D:\dd\boot2.img of=//device/fd0
>
>Where did you get //device?  This is not what is documented.
>
>Use /dev/fd0.  That's what is suggested in the documentation.
>
>You'll also probably be safer using cygwin notation for all of your
>filenames, i.e.:
>
>dd if=/cygdrive/d/dd/boot2.img of=/dev/fd0
>
> >Why is it telling me permission denied when I try it the other
> >way....... ??
> >
> >dd if=D:\dd\boot2.img of=\\.\A: .......
> >
> >??
>
>Calm down.
>
>The other way doesn't work anymore.  That's why there is an advisory
>about
>Cygwin 1.3.4.
>
>cgf
>
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