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 ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/