Hi Andre!
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> Any command not listed in the STANDARD is "RESERVED".
> I forgot to tell everyone how to read the SPEC.
>
> In addition, the use of any command not listed in the "SPEC" can and may
> violate the OEM warrenty of your ATA-ATAPI hardware.
>
> Se everyone get ROOT-SysAdmin HAPPY!!!!!!
>
> Repeat after me:
>
> Screw the warrenties, oh great Penguin!
So, there will still be ways to bypass Win98 or MacOS or whatever. When
there is no 100% safe way that the OS can prevent
RESERVED/ILLEGAL/whatever commands, why try to have the OS do it WHILE
IT CANNOT 100% SUCCEED?
I feel the drive itself would be the proper place to protect from
fradulescent software, from bogus commands and the like.
I really cannot see anything wrong with a jumper on the drive that is
default uninstalled and will only allow firmware upgrades and other
vendor-specific commands when set? That's the safe and politically
correct way IMHO.
I don't think vendors can void an air bag's warranty if your child
presses the wrong buttons on your car telephone either.
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