Date: 01 Feb 98 23:34:39 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot banner (securing FreeBSD) Message-ID: <9fa_9802012352@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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At 01 Feb 98 22:59:54 "David E. Cross" wrote regarding Re: FreeBSD boot banner (securing FreeBSD) "E> Yes, this is what has already beeen done (BIOS password, with "E> disabled floppy drive for booting), but this is uselesss, as The "E> FreeBSD boot-block allows you to load the kernel from an "E> arbitrary device Doesn't FreeBSD look in the bios for the existance of floppydrives? If you totally disable the drive, fbsd won't look there, I guess. <later> Just tried, when I removed the drives in the bios, fbsd just rebooted when I tried to boot from floppy. But surely the floppy-code can be removed from the bootblock... Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk
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