I modified the spaces to actually work on that last line....(space b/w dd_if=..., _of=..., disc#_bs1m)
________code_____________ mbp:~ Brandon$ sudo dd if=/Users/Brandon/Downloads/ubuntu-10.04-netbook-i386.dmg of=/dev/disc1 bs=1m Password: dd: /dev/disc1: Operation not supported ______________ ...that is... until it hits another part of the code saying that the output (write-to) folder is a drive and it cannot do this. I investigated on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29 .... and learned that this program (dd) can do many types of (batch) moving/copying/converting/writing/archiving. it can take input as 'if=/dev/disc1' or whatever and output a copy of the disc to image or dmg or iso but i don't think it can output and write to the unmounted drive. i'm going to try and do it mounted. -Brandon -- Ubuntu Homepage has missing spaces in code listing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs