Starting with an attempt to dd a file to /dev/fd0 I was surprised to find out that there is no such device or address.
/tmp$ dd if=net-1440.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such device or address /tmp$ But then I found out that the floppy module was not loaded. /tmp$ /sbin/lsmod |grep floppy /tmp$ Wasn't it supposed to get loaded automatically once dd was attempting to access it? It does get loaded automatically with cat /dev/fd0: /tmp$ cat /dev/fd0>bla /tmp$ /sbin/lsmod |grep floppy floppy 46428 0 (autoclean) /tmp$ And now the dd command succeeds. /tmp$ dd if=net-1440.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1474560 bytes transferred in 1.228509 seconds (1200284 bytes/sec) /tmp$ Is it a dd bug? Is it something else? Does it have something to do with the way dd opens its output device? This is a personal desktop, which is why I am assured nothing else beside the cat command got the floppy module loaded. -- Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]