David,

Thanks for the prompt reply,

>Are you root?
Yes

>Priveleges?
Root

>Can you of=/someplace/else?
Haven't tried

>/dev/hda2 is your linux root drive?
actually it's /dev/hda7 which i modified the command for

>/dev/hda2 is a partition?
yes, it's my / partition

>I've cast this magic a lot myself for this kinda purpose, and I have
>zero problems with this part of it.

I'm sure it's a pebkac (problem exists between keyboard and chair).
so i figured that if i take myself out of the equation maybe this too shall 
come to pass!

I will try the of=/someplace/else.  this is a 8gb drive which is sliced into 
5 partitions /2gb fat/3gb ntfs/126gb linswap/1.9gb root/ 1.1gb home.



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