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to: NATHAN MALYON
from: BRIAN MCCLOUD
date: 1997-12-07 04:22:00
subject: Code in Boot Sector

-> i wanted to put a password program in my boot sector, so that no matter 
what
-> i would get the password prompt, even before disk's are read, but do not
-> know how to do it, me and my friends are actually thinking of making a 
whole
-> security
-> package out of it, but none of us are able to do this
As far as I am aware, the system BIOS, loaded from ROM, checks the disks to 
see
which is bootable.  Therefore, the only way to do what you want is to 
hard-wire
it into the ROM.  Some BIOSes allow passwords in the CMOS, but I think that's
just to prevent someone from tampering with the setup, not to prevent it from
booting.
((Cloud))
MauveCloud@juno.com
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