I sent the following problem to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu and Bob Proulx told me to ask you guys....... Thanks for any help you may provide...... - - - - - > When I try to copy an image from one floppy disk to another....... >> dd if=\\.\A: of=D:\dd\boot.img........copies the image to a tmp > directory just fine >> but >> dd if=D:\dd\boot.img of=\\.\A: ........says permission denied........ >> (I am running WinNT 4.0 SP6a.........NTFS......) 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. K-Dee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Kevin Dahl ** Computer Specialist ** USDA / ARS / Northern Plains Ag Research Lab ** http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/ ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- 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/