OK that's an inappropriate example. Back to my original question. My cygwin is of version 1.3.10. The command dd failed because it does know /dev/fd0. $ dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin of=/dev/fd0 dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such file or directory (instruction from Redboot User Guide) --- Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote: > /dev/fd0 is a device, not a filesystem. You can't cd > to /dev/fd0 anymore > than you can cd to /dev/clipboard. >> Rob >> -- > Before posting, please read the FAQ: > http://sources.redhat.com/fom/ecos > and search the list archive: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ -- 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/