Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:46:20 +0200 (CEST) From: MICSKO Viktor <candiru@bazmag.hu> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting a disk read only Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.58L0.0406261203340.8509@bazmag.sch.bme.hu> In-Reply-To: <20040626094422.GA73314@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSO.4.58L0.0406260220270.27354@bazmag.sch.bme.hu> <20040626094422.GA73314@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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> > Is it possible to setting a *whole* disk read only? I mean the way linux > > does it with "hdparm -r 1 device". So adding an -o ro parameter to mount > > isn't enough, I want to be sure that the disk is unmodified. > > Hmmm... SCSI disks can be physically jumpered to be read-only. I > should think that ATA drives can be treated the same way. Consult the > manufacturers' data sheets for details. No, at least I've never seen it on any ATA drives. That's why I need a software solution. viktor
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