Given root@dalton:/home/peter# dd if=disk2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=36k dd: writing `/dev/fd0': No space left on device 41+0 records in 40+0 records out 1474560 bytes (1.5 MB) copied, 40.9183 s, 36.0 kB/s root@dalton:/home/peter# can anyone explain the remark "No space left" and the difference between records in and records out? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Carnot is down, waiting for installation of NetBSD. Personal site works; http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ .