Re: Converting an external hard drive enclosure into a write blocker?

A*nix read only mount would be my option of choice, but for windows, I 
hesitatingly ask could you not modify an IDE cable to make any connected 
drive 'read-only' (might require a resistor - not sure if you can just 
clip a wire? - maybe some one with better EE skills could answer that?)

Stefan Kelm wrote:

>>you can mount the storage as read-only - any unix filesystem will
>>support read-only mount, and provided your root account isnt
>>compromised, no one can remount it as write. Root cant write to
>>read-only mounted filesystems without remount either.
>>
>>mount -r /dev/da2 /readonly in BSD land..
>>    
>>
>
>Beware, however, that on journaling file systems such as
>ReiserFS or EXT3 you might incidentially change the file
>system although it is mounted read-only:
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20263.html
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>Cheers,
>
>	Stefan.
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