From: rafal@utstat.uucp (Rafal Kustra (summer student)) Subject: Re: Linus security/Non root access Date: 22 Aug 1992 16:48:55 GMT
>Hmmm...you could hack the loader to refuse to load the kernel from
>diskette - that might be easier than spending the $$$ to get a machine with
>a password protected BIOS. If someone booted MS-DOS from a diskette,
>it wouldn't do them any good, anyway, 'cause you can't read a linux
>partition from MS-DOS. Not yet, anyway... :)
But you can delete it -;).
>
>The loader code is in /usr/src/linux/boot/bootsect.S
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Rafal
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