RE: disk-destroyer.c

David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com)
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:07:27 -0700

> You only need access to the commands that are used and described in the
> ATA-ATAPI specification. You do not need to send commands to the drives
> that violate the standard making :
>
> LINUX NON-ATA-ATAPI COMPLIANT!
>
> Here is a good phrase.

If "able to comply, but also able to fail to comply" counts as
non-compliance, then my motherboard is NON-ATA-ATAPI COMPLIANT. After all,
it is possible to cause it to issue commands to my hard drive that don't
comply with the standard.

DS

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