Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, guitarlynn wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 06 February 2002 02:04, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, guitarlynn wrote:
> > > > Yes, a product to keep me from cutting tiny toggle switches into
> > > > those blasted IDE cables would be a godsend!
[snippety snip]
> The reason I bit was that in theory this should not work.
>
> The write signal is used to convey information to registers in the device
> that select which data to retrieve from the IDE device. Thus, a write
> protect signal on the device that acts between the registers and the
> storage medium is required, and Mike Noyes' find really is significant.
The whole question of write-protecting a hard drive is a moot
point if you people would just use scsi equipment. The jumper
for write-protect is clearly marked, and even the non-technical
people could connect switch leads to the pins, given the correct
mini-jumper connector. I suggest dusting off your old Mouser
catalog and putting it to some good use :)
I got so many of those old scsi drives that I'd love to boot from,
then power down, because I don't need the indoor chainsaw :)
Personally, I prefer secure network loading of packages off my
fileserver.
And why don't you people use cdrw? Rewriters are like $50 for
a bottom of the line, no-name, ide burner. Who's compiling
cdrecord.lrp?
Regards,
Matt
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