From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 3 04:41:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D5FC16A41F for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 04:41:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joeldiaz@nc.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A176C43D58 for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 04:41:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joeldiaz@nc.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.2.6] (cpe-071-065-242-241.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.242.241]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id jB34f7fU003347 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:41:07 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <98D86DEC-D49F-4588-88E5-640445C38396@nc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Joel Diaz Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:41:06 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: dd on a usb floppy (/dev/da0) failing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:41:11 -0000 On FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, when I run 'dd if=./image.dd of=/dev/da' i get the following: dd: /dev/da0: Device busy 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 2.xxx secs (0 bytes/sec) This is as root with rw permissions on /dev/da0. And the floppy is not mounted. Reading geom(4) mentions that this kind of thing can happen, but there is no solution. I tried setting the foot shooting debug through sysctl, and it still doesn't work. What do I have to do to be able to do a dd of a floppy image onto a USB floppy? Thanks, Joel