From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: software write protect device Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:34:34 +0000 Message-ID: <4545FF6A.7000201@superbug.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.92]:46609 "EHLO anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932135AbWJ3Neg (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:34:36 -0500 Received: from superbug.demon.co.uk ([80.176.146.252] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1GeXHe-000E64-FS for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:34:34 +0000 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have a USB stick that has the software "Write protect is on". How do I switch this off in Linux? James