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Date:      Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:10:02 +0100 (BST)
From:      Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passwording boot loader. (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006051709160.12692-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>

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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.

Joe
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