USB flash write protect

[James Knott]

Jason Shein wrote:
> On April 9, 2005 07:18 pm, William Park wrote:
> 
> 
>>Then, nuke the fucking thing...
>>
>>    cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda
>>    mkdosfs -I /dev/sda
>>    mount /dev/sda /mnt/hd
>>
>>Note: use the whole device /dev/sda, rather than one of its partition.
> 
> 
> # cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda
> cat: write error: Input/output error
> 
> Stubborn little thing.
> 
> I think that these units are for decorative purposes only now.
> 
> 

Perhaps a nice pair of earrings, for some lucky girl!  ;-)

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