Did You ever try to use //./physicaldrive4 instead? It seems to a "quotation problem"...
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Anees Mannesseri > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problem with dd to raw disks > ... > dd if/dev/zero of="\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE4" count=50000 > seek =3 fails with the error > > dd: opening `\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE4': Invalid argument ... -- 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/