G'day Fujitsu SCSI drives certainly have a write protect switch/jumper, but not the IDE range.
John >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, 29 September 2001 6:14 AM >To: LEAF list >Subject: RE: [Leaf-user] Floppys >Importance: High > > >A bit off topic. > >Some time ago I've read about write protecting a hard disk. >This was done via tweaking with the IDE cables, if I´m not >wrong you just cut >one of the >cables, insert an on/off switch an voila!!! >Problem is... I can't remember where I have seen that!!!! > >Does anybody knows about this??? It would be perfect to have a >"write protected" >hard disk!!!! > >Sergio Morilla > > -----Mensaje original----- >De: "Jeff Newmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Enviado el: Friday, September 28, 2001 16:45 >Para: "David B. Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "David McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LEAF list (E-mail)" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Asunto: Re: [Leaf-user] Floppys > >On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, David B. Cook wrote: > >> I have found the same thing. In fact, I have yet to deply my >> EigerSteinBeta2 for exactly that reason. I seem to quite >frequently get >> floppy errors and I'm not comfortable on its stability. Is >the problem the >> format, the physical drives or what? I was beginning to >think I was doing >> something stupid. > >I mentioned two possible mistakes below, and one environmental effect. > >There is one other effect you may be missing, depending how you are >generating your floppies: formatting. You must insure that the extra >space on the 1680K disk gets formatted before you write an >image to it, or >that portion of the disk won't work reliably. > >Most LRPers seem to regard the write protectability of floppies as a >necessity, and learn to keep regular backups. I gave up and went flash, >because restoring the backup became a hassle when the floppies >died every >few months due to dust. > >> Maybe I should just accept the fact and move to an a:/b: floppy? > >In my case, this would not help. I have not found an appreciable >difference between 1680K reliability and 1440K reliability. > >> >> dbc. >> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, David McBride wrote: >> > >> > > I am having a lot of I/O errors with my floppys. I have >changed the cable >> > > and drive already. What is a good brand of floppy to >work woth the 1680KB >> > > format? >> > >> > I tend to use whatever generic brand I come across. If >the format fails, >> > into the trash it goes. >> > >> > I/O errors can arise if you are attempting to back up to a >full disk or >> > if the disk is mounted when you attempt to back up. I have also >> > encountered continuing problems with disks that have >experienced either of >> > these mistakes until I re-wrote another image on them (I >suppose fsck >> > might have done just as well, but rewriting the image was easier). >> > >> > Always keep backups of your floppies. I keep a history of >images to refer >> > to later. >> > >> > Dust is also a continuing problem for me. Thus comes the >attraction of an >> > old hard disk or a flash disk. >> > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ >> > Jeff Newmiller The ..... >..... Go Live... >> > DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. >##.#. Live Go... >> > Live: OO#.. Dead: >OO#.. Playing >> > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. >#.O#. with >> > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. >.OO#. rocks...2k >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leaf-user mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> > >> >> -- >> >> David B. Cook, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Linux -- up 14 days because it can. >> 12:24pm up 14 days, 18:25, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leaf-user mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ >Jeff Newmiller The ..... >..... Go Live... >DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. >##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: >OO#.. Playing >Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >/Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. >.OO#. rocks...2k >--------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ > > >_______________________________________________ >Leaf-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leaf-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
