Hi... On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is really nerve-cracking. > > In one PC, my USB drive's dmesg output is: > > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB) > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB) > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through > sdd: sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 < sdd5 > sdd4 > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk > > > But in another PC, the output is (just the relevant entry): > > "Write Protect is on". Does this USB pen drive have somekind of write protect mechanism? Like a button you can switch on and off? regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
