R: Re: R: Re: CAN GRUB DO WRITING OPERATIONS ON ATTACHED DRIVES ?

2017-07-17 Thread ingegneriafore...@alice.it
Dear Colin, I apologize with you. I've used uppercase letter to only put in evidence my question. I had no intention to shouting. Thank very much. Your reply is what i was looking for. Best Regards. Vincenzo. Forensic Consultant Tribunale di Lecce Studio: Strada di Garibaldi - Contrada Pa

Re: R: Re: CAN GRUB DO WRITING OPERATIONS ON ATTACHED DRIVES ?

2017-07-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 07:21:49PM +0200, ingegneriafore...@alice.it wrote: > CAN GRUB IMPLICITLY WRITE TO A DRIVE ATTACHED TO A COMPUTER ? > > Implicitly means: without an explicit command from a user. Please stop SHOUTING; it's generally considered rather rude. GRUB intentionally has no genera

R: Re: CAN GRUB DO WRITING OPERATIONS ON ATTACHED DRIVES ?

2017-07-17 Thread ingegneriafore...@alice.it
Ok ... My question is: CAN GRUB IMPLICITLY WRITE TO A DRIVE ATTACHED TO A COMPUTER ? Implicitly means: without an explicit command from a user. That is: in which way GRUB manages the ports of a usb interface (IDE and SATA) ? There are two cases: 1- The PC is turned off. A USB stick is atta

Re: CAN GRUB DO WRITING OPERATIONS ON ATTACHED DRIVES ?

2017-07-17 Thread Xen
ingegneriafore...@alice.it schreef op 16-07-2017 23:37: 1- After a PC restart (that is when the BIOS/UEFI has finished to inizialize hardware periferals and give the control to the GRUB) i'm interesting to know if GRUB implicitily (that is without an explicit command from a user) can write to