Try with sudo

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019, 20:12 Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

Here is what i keep getting

pi@Lakelandpi:~$ lsblk

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT

sdb           8:16   1 29.6G  1 disk

mmcblk0     179:0    0 14.9G  0 disk 

├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0 43.8M  0 part /boot

└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 14.8G  0 part /

pi@Lakelandpi:~$ dd if=draws_beta9.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

dd: failed to open '/dev/sdb': Permission denied

pi@Lakelandpi:~$ dcfldd if=draws_beta9.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

bash: dcfldd: command not found

pi@Lakelandpi:~$ dd if=draws_beta9.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

dd: failed to open '/dev/sdb': Permission denied


I've been trying to right to sdb, it matches the sd card i have in the card reader.

when i use dd, it gives me permission denied.