On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 08:34, Mike Noyes wrote: > On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 06:15, Manfred Schuler wrote: > > one reason for software write protection is that people using flash/hard > > disk at the moment have no other possibilities. And even if it is not > > perfect, it is better than nothing.
Manfred, I forgot to mention SCSI as a solution for hard drives. SCSI drives have had the ability to do hardware write-protect for many years. > Manfred, > There are alternatives to software write-protect. Current generation > flash disks are capable of hardware write-protect. They use two > different approaches: > > * Custom ATA controllers on the IDE compatible flash disk. > ATA-Disk Module > http://www.sst.com/products/58sm_lm.html > ATA-Disk Chip Application Notes > http://www.sst.com/superflash/pdf/222.pdf > ATA-Disk Module Product Brief > http://www.sst.com/ata_disk/admbrief.pdf > ATA-Disk Module (Apacer) > http://www.apacer.com/product/flash/index_adc_adm.html > > * A software and hardware combination that changes the write state > of the flash disk in hardware. > Secure Disk on Module (SDOM) > http://www.pqi.com.tw/eng/ourproduct/sdom.htm -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek No, I will not fix your computer. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Leaf-hardware mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-hardware
