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To: Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net>
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Subject: Re: Passwording boot loader. (fwd) 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
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> Forgot CC on reply...
> 
> --
> Lloyd Rennie                   VBCnet GB Ltd	             lloyd@vbc.net
> tel +44 (0) 117 929 1316    http://www.vbc.net    fax +44 (0) 117 927 2015
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:02:28 +0100
> From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
> To: Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net>
> 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:
> > 
> > > 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.

***SHUDDER***

<boss>     Here's anotherone... dodgy keyboard.
<engineer> Hmm, looks like he hasn't allocated loads of his disk.  
           I'll just.......

> Joe
> -- 
> Josef Karthauser	FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today?
> Technical Manager	Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org)
> Pavilion Internet plc.  [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk]

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
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