On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:11 -0500 (EST), Clive McBarton wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> If you can't figure out how to make grub use the "list of sectors" >> method, I once again suggest that you switch to lilo. > > The whole point is to make the system secure. So let's look at lilo's > security: > > Password stored as plaintext in world-readable config file. And it gets > worse: > > Password stored in actual bootsector as... not even documented. Even the > many web pages that talk about lilo don't even bother documenting this. > > So the password support in lilo is at best as good as if it wasn't there.
I didn't realize you were using passwords. But I was thinking of it primarily as a diagnostic test to see if the "mount" of the filesystem by grub was responsible for the changes to the /boot partition. Obviously your security requirements are higher than mine. I never use BIOS passwords or bootloader passwords. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/40397134.18605271268402158097.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
