From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 1 15:20:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25378 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 15:20:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25373 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 15:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id XAA21653 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 1 Feb 1998 23:51:57 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03628; 01 Feb 98 23:52:41 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 01 Feb 98 23:34:39 +0100 Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot banner (securing FreeBSD) Message-ID: <9fa_9802012352@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" 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. 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