> > This is the solution I was hoping for, but it looks like the ADM on board > > three pin jumper is for master/slave selection not WP#. :-( > > but shouldn't it be possible to build an adapter that is between the > motherboard and the ata disk that changes just this behaviour and loops all > other pins through ?? > These Flashdisks are normally just plugged into the motherboard, right ? > its not the best solution, but i never saw anything that directly had this > switch on the disk :(
No...this is not (easily) possible. The ATA interface is a complex combination of registers that require read/write access to send commands and recieve status/data from the ATA device. To install a "write-protect device" between the motherboard and an ATA device, you need something that understands ATA at the application level, and returns some sort of error for logical write commands. While not impossible to implement, something like this would be quite complex, on the order of the hardware RAID devices that look like a single large ATA (or SCSI) disk drive, but interface to multiple physical storage devices. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
