Larry Hall (Cygwin <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> > On 4/8/2013 12:04 PM, andrei wrote: > > Hi > > > > Running version 1.7.17-1 > > > > Trying to $ dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null count=10 - compact flash card in the > > PC CF card reader. > > > > Running above command displays: dd: opening `/dev/sdb': Permission denied > > > > Searched for solutions, but could not find anything to solve. Also tried > > running cygwin as administrator but still the same problem. > > > > Do I have to mount the /dev/sdb or it is not required in later versions > > anymore? > > No, you don't. Have you seen this FAQ entry? > > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames- posixdevices> > > What's the result of 'ls /dev/sd*'? > Hello Larry, result of 'ls /dev/sd*': $ ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde according to <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using- specialnames.html#pathnames-posixdevices> I should have /dev/shm and /dev/mqueue and possibly other directories in the /dev directory? $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 312571224 sda 8 1 301684603 sda1 8 2 10884037 sda2 8 16 1000944 sdb 8 32 0 sdc 8 48 0 sdd 8 64 0 sde the above shows the 1gig CF card is detected and has 'sdb' assingend to it. so it looks like the problem is that I'm missing /dev/shm and /dev/mqueue - is this correct? what can be done to solve thanks, andrei -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
