[Wylug-help] Readonly option in hdparm

[Jim Jackson]

Hi Thomas,

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Thomas, Nicholas wrote:

> Not really a linux question, but, Is it possible to make a hard disk drive
> readonly?
> I want to create a hard drive which cannot be re-formatted, or change any of
> the data on any partitions.
> I suppose I mean a read-only hard drive. It would be similar to having one
> of those a TABs on a floppy diskettes.
>
> I have been messing with the -r option to hdparm. This does appear to do
> what I want, but the readonly status is lost after a reboot.

Did you set the option to retain settings?

> If this is not possible with a conventional hard drive, is it possible with
> a compact flash card + IDE adaptor?

Interesting questions - I too would be interested in any answers or
pointers.

Jim