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From article <1992Dec16.155326.18373@vitro.com>, by mmangieri@vitro.com (Mikey):

>Here we go again with horror stories about write-protected disks. The write
>protection is a _fail-safe Feature_ of Stacker, _not_ an error.  When Stacker
>determines that an error has occured, it write protects your hard disk so that
>the integrity of the data remains stable while you run the utilities to fix the
>problem. Then, after re-booting the machine, all is well again. Read the manual
>people  ;)

Actually, the volume write-protection feature *is not* covered well at
all in the *Stacker 2.0* manual.  I've heard the 3.0 manual is better.
The 2.0 manual mentions it only in passing, in the "error message" section
of the manual.  I can't quote it exactly, but it's something to the
effect:  "Run SCHECK and do what it recommends".  That's it.  More
detail on the feature can be had if you download the proper Technical
Note from STAC's BBS.  Even though I read my Stacker manual cover-to-cover
before installing (version 2.0), I had no clue on fixing a write-protected
volume until *after* I read the tech note.  No, I haven't encountered
any problems with Stacker to date -- but I keep all the tech notes handy
should that day ever come.

Dave Haertig
haertig@att.com