On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:29:44 -0700 JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a system util to use to issue > a command to a hard drive to remove > write protect? > I had thought hdparm might do it, but > the man page makes no mention of such > feature in hdparm. SATA or some kind of USB thing ? If its SATA I'm not aware of a standard way to do it or of drives having the feature for that matter. Check for a jumper and also if its suddenely gone read-only perhaps its doing that because its failed ? What makes you think it's gone read only ? Alan -- 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