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from: Michal H. Tyc
date: 2004-06-27 18:21:46
subject: Re: Random Lockups with DR-DOS 7.03

From: "Michal H. Tyc" 

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:26:59 -0400 (EDT), Paul O. BARTLETT wrote:

> I am not using any stacking or compression utilities on the
> partition (nor on the common FAT partition visible to both DR-DOS and
> Win98), or anything like that.  There is no DCONFIG.SYS.  However, there
> is a C:\SECURITY.BIN with attributes RSH, size 4516, date 1-07-99.  I
> have no idea what it really does or why it exists.

It was put by DR-DOS Setup program, I guess. SECURITY.BIN comes into play
when you enable fixed disk security (in Setup under "Data protection and
security" item), i.e., password protection of your machine at DOS level.
I wouldn't recommend enabling this feature when you have both DR-DOS and
Windows installed. You can delete this file.

(Technically speaking, SECURITY.BIN is yet another "preloaded driver",
loaded by DR-DOS before CONFIG.SYS is processed, like STACKER.BIN or
DBLSPACE.BIN on-the-fly disk compression drivers.)

Michal



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