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to: BRIAN MCCLOUD
from: DALIN OWEN
date: 1997-12-15 12:16:00
subject: Re: Code in Boot Sector

-> i wanted to put a password program in my boot sector, so that no 
BM> 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 
BM> making a whole
-> security
-> package out of it, but none of us are able to do this
BM> As far as I am aware, the system BIOS, loaded from ROM, checks the 
BM> disks to see which is bootable.  Therefore, the only way to do what 
BM> you want is to hard-wire it into the ROM.  Some BIOSes allow 
BM> passwords in the CMOS, but I think that's just to prevent s
I can _fully_ lock out my system with a BIOS password! Except that
doesn't stop someone from pulling the battery.. ;(
Dalin
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