Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!gatech!udel!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ur-valhalla!jal From: jal@ee.rochester.edu (John Lefor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Preventing Floppy Boots Message-ID: <1989Aug15.183532.27998@ee.rochester.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 18:35:32 GMT Reply-To: jal@ee.rochester.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of Rochester Dept. of Electrical Engineering Lines: 16 A friend of mine wants to write a program that would provide some small security by either preventing people from booting off a floppy drive or by making the information on the hard-drive unusable if the system is booted off the floppy. This is for DOS and cannot involve significant hardware (like burning ROMS, cutting wires, etc). Any thoughts would be appreciated. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I program ... therefore I am. John Lefor University of Rochester Dept of E. Engineering 716-275-8265 jal@ee.rochester.edu uunet!ur-valhalla!jal