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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!branch.com!not-for-mail From: jon@branch.com (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: SCSI WORM Driver Wanted Date: 23 Sep 1995 00:55:37 -0400 Organization: Branch Mall - http://branch.com/ Lines: 11 Message-ID: <440409$864@hawk.branch.com> References: <43t89l$hfg@salt.ncinter.net> <43v9kl$1kp@hawk.branch.com> <43vsfe$psd@salt.ncinter.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hawk.branch.com >So it is possible to mangle the data on a Worm drive then? I was >not aware of this. I apparently did it once. I assumed that it just burned additional bits, ie, 0010 can be mangled to 1111. But maybe some drives are smart enough to not allow writing to a sector that has been written to before. -- Corporate WWW Development and Hosting & the Branch Mall Jon Zeeff Branch Internet Services jon@branch.com (313) 741-4442 http://branch.com/ gopher branch.com