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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Lock command
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 22:40:41
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- Lance Neustaeter (lance@portal.ca) wrote:
- : Why won't the lock command work on df0: (it works on my other drives)?
-
- Because trackdisk.device does not support the WRITE_PROTECT packet type. This
- explains the "packet request type unknown" error - trackdisk receives a
- packet requesting write protection of a drive, does not recognise it, and so
- returns an error.
-
- _Why_ this is not supported for floppy drives is another matter, though.
-
- Anybody?
-
- : > lock df0: on
- : Attempt to lock drive df0: failed
- : > why
- : Last command failed because : packet request type unknown
-
- -- Mat.
-