Re: test WP
Bob Tennent staggered into the Black Sun and said:
Jun 18 11:20:18 linus kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
Jun 18 11:20:18 linus kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
This happens on three drives from 3 different manufacturers. What does
it mean?
It means the sd (SCSI disk) module tried to see whether Write-Protect
was enabled or not, and could get no conclusive data. I don't think
this is anything to be concerned about. HTH,
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