Setting HD to Read/Write

[drwho]

I have a stupid question ...

I wasa installing OS3.5 on my A3000 this morning. After the "pre" install step, I restarted my machine, started the install again. Once it started attempting to write the files I got an error stating that "Volume System is write protected"

For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to set read/write on a read-only volume. Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks in advance.
Mike

[Thomas]

Probably you restarted your HDD too early (before the last write access was finished) and now it is validating. Wait until it stops validating (HDD LED goes dark), then it should become writable again automatically.

If that does not help, open a shell window and enter Info. What is the status of the partition ?

At last get the Check4GB archive from Aminet, run the CheckHD program and post the output here.

However, you could try to enter the command Lock DH0: OFF in a shell window (DH0 should be replaced by the name of you partition). But this does not solve the problem.

Bye,
Thomas

[drwho]

Hi Thomas,

This problem occurs on every boot. Sometimes, after a long period of being on, the status will change to read/write for some mysterious reason.

Running info from a shell says that the partition is read-only.

The good news here is that I have decided to axe that drive. It's old, slow and loud. I am going to dump a 4.5GB drive in there and the problem will most likely disappear.

Thanks for the suggestions just the same! :-)
- Mike