[2765] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: read-only disks (was Re: Hacked)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harald Milz)
Thu Nov 6 12:44:38 1997
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:37:00 +0100
From: hm@seneca.muc.de (Harald Milz)
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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Kurt Garloff (garloff@kg1.ping.de) wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Mr M S Aitchison wrote:
>
> > Is there some scsi
> > convention already for read-only disks that is applicable to a
> > situation where (e.g.) sdb is read-only unless I insert some hardware
> > key?
>
> Not to my knowledge.
There is - this key is named "jumper" and is usually located somewhere
on the disk's PCB and documented in the disk technical reference manual
(which many manufacturers have on-line nowadays, even for older models).
The normally useless "TURBO" switch could be useful here!
