Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mephisto!uflorida!mlb.semi.harris.com!thumper.mlb.semi.harris.com!jws From: jws@thumper.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: hard disk stumpper Keywords: puzzles Message-ID: <1990Aug15.122444.6570@mlb.semi.harris.com> Date: 15 Aug 90 12:24:44 GMT References: <3967@newton.physics.purdue.edu> Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Distribution: na Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL Lines: 3 Perhaps the controller power up in a write-protected default mode and you have to explicitly remove write protection.