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to: DALIN OWEN
from: BRIAN MCCLOUD
date: 1997-12-19 06:43:00
subject: Re: Code in Boot Sector

DO>-> i wanted to put a password program in my boot sector, so that no
DO>-> matter what
DO>-> i would get the password prompt, even before disk's are read, but do 
ot
DO>-> know how to do it, me and my friends are actually thinking of
DO>-> making a whole
DO>-> security
DO>-> package out of it, but none of us are able to do this
DO>BM> As far as I am aware, the system BIOS, loaded from ROM, checks the
DO>BM> disks to see which is bootable.  Therefore, the only way to do what
DO>BM> you want is to hard-wire it into the ROM.  Some BIOSes allow
DO>BM> passwords in the CMOS, but I think that's just to prevent s
DO>I can _fully_ lock out my system with a BIOS password! Except that
DO>doesn't stop someone from pulling the battery.. ;(
Then why were/are you trying to write a program to run from the boot sector 
f
the disk to run before disks are read?
((Cloud))
MauveCloud@juno.com
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