Re: Running dd (in Windows DOS-box): "Error opening output file: 5 Access is denied" [SOLVED]

[Mark Filipak <markfilipak.linux@gmail.com>]

On 2013/2/27 6:08 PM, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
> On 27/02/13 22:48, Mark Filipak wrote:
> > dd.exe and ISO are in the same directory (folder). I'm logged-in as
> > Administrator.
>
> This may not be enough. Right click and choose 'Run as Administrator'
>
> > dd if=debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso of=I: results in "read
> > from 95 disk"
>
> See this page http://blogs.arcsoftwareconsultancy.com/pi/2012/02/23/how-to-make-a-bootable-sd-card-for-the-raspberry-pi-using-windows/ where it suggests that error may come from not using the block size parameter, bs, try 'bs=1M'. There is also some debate over od vs of, I don't know which is correct.
>
> Andrew

Thanks Andrew! It worked. The 'dd' command's documentation was wrong.

This worked:

dd bs=1M if=debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso od=I:

In particular, the 'od=' switch is not documented (I would guess that 'od' means 'output device').

Now that I can/have run Debian-Gnome, I have some studying to do. My first objective is to get WiFi working. Wish me luck, and thanks for your help.

Ciao - Mark.