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Hi all,
I've just ordered a second pi and I've got the b+ model.
I currently have my pi Setup Over clocked with the SD card locked, is there a way I can also lock the micro SD for the pi B+ to keep the OS read only?
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No. I've never seen a micro sd card with a lock. Why would you want write disabled?
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The lock doesn't work on a normal Pi anyways, if you trace the contacts they aren't connected to anything
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2014-08-11, 05:38
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-11, 05:42 by Bunkum.)
The way I have my Pi set up is with the OS on a locked sd card, so I can overclock without the OS ever being corrupted. I have my /storage partition on a fast usb stick. Speeds things up dramatically.
However that's on a Raspberry Pi Model B and I've just purchased a B+ and I'm wondering how I can have the same setup??
Is there a way to use the TMP_WRITE_PROTECT bit to make the card read only?
I've only found ways to do it with hardware so far, and was hoping there was a software that could do the job, or a workaround for the overclocking related corruption of the SD?
Dilligaf, are you saying that currently, the way I have my Pi setup, the SD card is not actually protected from the Pi writing to it?
If this is the case I won't worry about it, cause I've had no corruptions on my current Model B setup??
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Yes, the lock does nothing on the PI
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Thanks for your time guys, If the lock has not been doing anything to date, I have nothing to worry about!!