Thanks for all the replies, guys. I'll address some questions and statements in-line in the message, and then give a synopsis of my progress, so far. We can go from there.
As well as fixing the destination (of=) you should probably use "sudo dd".
Thanks, Andrew. I'm logged in as root on my linux machine where the image creation was done. I know, it's a no-no, but after 16 years, I've not had a problem.
Look for more replies... I thought I would see all quoted text in the thread, but gmail has other ideas... ~sigh~