On 11/21/2012 03:07 PM, JD wrote: > > On 11/20/2012 11:54 PM, Jens Neu wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:44 +0100, users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Is there a system util to use to issue >>> a command to a hard drive to remove >>> write protect? >> What kind of write protect do you mean? I have never heard from a software write protect in common hard disks. I've seen quite a lot IDE Compact Flash "disks" that have hardware switches for this but not PATA or SATA hdds >> -jens > There has to be some sort of hard drive state that sets the drive into read-only > mode. When I try to mount the drive rw, the error message is that the drive is > read only. > Since I try to mount it as root, and /dev/sdd1 has mode 600, permission is not > the issue. So, it has to be a disk internal hardware state. > did you run fsck on /dev/sdd1 ? -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
