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Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:02:28 +0100
From: Josef Karthauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lloyd Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Passwording boot loader.
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:49:24PM +0100, Lloyd Rennie wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote:
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> > There appears to be some code in the /boot/support.4th file to force
> > the user to enter a password at kernel load time. Does anyone know
> > enough forth to tell me how to activate it?
> >
> > I've got Sony picking up my laptop any minute now and I want to
> > disable FreeBSD :(
>
> If it's dual-boot, drop into Windoze and
>
> sys c:
>
> This will overwrite the MBR, and only Windows will bo bootable. When you
> get it back you'll have to boot it with a bootdisk and rewrite it.
Thanks Lloyd, I've done just that with sysinstall.
Joe
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