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Old 07-24-2006, 12:43 PM   #1
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sda: Write Protect is off


Hi,

I'm running centOS 4.3 and I just update the kernel to 2.6.17.6. I notice this some 'write protect is off' message on dmesg but I'm not sure if thats normal or not.

do you know anything about it

Code:
root@memory [~]# dmesg | grep sd
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
SCSI device sdb: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sdb: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
 sdb: sdb1
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
EXT3 FS on sda7, internal journal
EXT3 FS on sda6, internal journal
EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
Adding 2096440k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2096440k
any ideas?
 
Old 07-24-2006, 12:48 PM   #2
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It's just checking to see if the drive/media has a write protect feature, and if so, the status of said feature.
 
Old 07-24-2006, 01:02 PM   #3
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so it is normal... cool

thx
 
Old 07-24-2006, 01:04 PM   #4
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Yep, I get the same message with my serial ATA hard drive. Nothing to worry about.
 
  


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