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From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: locking out a hard disk
Summary: make your floppy station B:
Keywords: harddisk msdos driveB security
Message-ID: <635@targon.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 89 09:12:33 GMT
References: <148@uwm.edu>
Reply-To: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Followup-To: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
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In article <148@uwm.edu> datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (David Datta) writes:
>I am in the position of putting a machine with a hard disk out in a
>public area. We do not want to give most people access to the hard
>disk.
>
>The software needs to be able to prevent someone from just coming in
>and booting up on a floppy version of DOS and then letting them have
>access.
>--
>-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu

If you change your floppy station so it would be drive B: in stead of A:
people could only boot from harddisk. DOS would look for (a floppy in) A:
not find one and go on with C: .
When the PC crashes sometime you have to take the trouble to change the
hardware again to make your floppy drive A: so you can boot from it.

BTW:
It would be safer to take out your floppy station completely :-)
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