Problem mounting read-only removable IDE disk

Janne Edelman (edelman@tuug.utu.fi)
Thu, 1 Aug 1996 01:48:01 +0300 (EET DST)

I have noticed Linux mounts physically read-only removable IDE disk (in
my case it's Syquest EZ135A) as read-write. Because it is removable drive
and disks change often it is annoying problem. I know it can be mounted as
read-only, but wonder if kernel should auto detect if disk is writable or
not. I do not know but I guess this same problem would be faced while
using IDE hard disk as write protected.

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