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From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: compaq armada and fdisk
In-Reply-To: <199707300217.LAA16654@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jul 30, 97 11:47:59 am"
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:57:25 +0200 (MET DST)
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Michael Smith wrote:
> Guido van Rooij stands accused of saying:
> > I am trying to use fdisk (and fips) on a compaq armada 1130. Somehow, the
> > bootsector seems to be protected. Does anyone now here how to bypass
> > that?
> 
> Hit the BIOS config and turn off "Virus Protection".
> 

I'm not an idiot ;-)

There is no virus protection option on that Compaq Bios.

-Guido