On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Gregory T. Norris wrote: : I was wondering how hard it is to remove/replace the mbr package. We have : a single system running hamm, for which we want to disable the capability : of booting from a diskette. Currently we've disabled floppy-boot in the : BIOS, and configured LILO to require a password (only if kernel-options are : specified at it's prompt). However, it seems that mbr still provides the : capability for a diskette boot... if I tap the shift key just before the : LILO prompt would appear, I see the prompt "1FA:" - pressing "f" then : causes a boot from floppy. : : I'm afraid that using dpkg to force it's removal would break the system, as : dselect shows it to be a required component (and lilo appears to be making : use of it). Any suggestions?
Sure. Make LILO install itself as the Master Boot record. Find the line in /etc/lilo.conf that specifies the "boot", and change it to refer from a partition to a device. (If it now says "boot=/dev/hda1", change it to "boot=/dev/hda") Warning! This may cause unforeseen consequences if you have a weird machine which LILO doesn't like. It works for me, YMMV. After LILO is installed in the MBR you ought to be able to remove the mbr package, but I never bother. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
