Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wrdis01!gatech!mcnc!wolves!deepthot!jay From: jay@deepthot.cary.nc.us (Jay Denebeim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: FFS write protect Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 05:18:07 GMT References: <91112.163239GHGADC7@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> Organization: The Software Distillery Lines: 24 In article <91112.163239GHGADC7@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> GHGADC7@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be writes: >only thing that changes is some stupid FFS structure in memory. > >Is this correct ? And if so is there another way of setting the >write-protection of a harddisk ??? Yup, that's correct. Hard disks arn't write-protectable. Its not like they've got some physical piece of hardware like a floppy does. About the only thing you could do is cut the write lead to the disk drive. > Penders Alain > > ghgadc7@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be -- |_o_o|\\ |. o.| || The Jay Denebeim | . | || Software | o | || Distillery | |// Address: UUCP: mcnc.org!deepthot.uucp!jay ====== Internet: jay@deepthot.cary.nc.us BBS:(919)-460-7430 VOICE:(919)-460-6934