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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