Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: disk destroyer, etc | | Date | Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:54:19 +0100 | | From | Anton Ivanov <> |
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> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Taso Hatzi wrote: > > Is this a problem for all brands of IDE drive? > > If not, then which brands protect themselves? > > What about doing some tests, any volunteers :-) > > Or let's write some diagnostic tool: > " > [root@grill.now]# ./d2b > brick-test: /dev/hda Model X FwRev Y: is vulnerable... :-) > brick-test: /dev/hdc Model A FvRev B: is vulnerable... :-)
The research in order for this d2b to return accurate results would be rather er... expensive...
So I would rather obey the spec and enforce obedience from apps to the maximum extent possible. Especially if the drive that we attempt to disk2brick is new...
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-- Anton R. Ivanov ARI2-RIPE mailto:aivanov@sigsegv.cx The excuse for delaying today's deliverables is: heavy gravity fluctuation, move computer to floor rapidly
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