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- From: imes@cis.ohio-state.edu (jeffrey imes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Restricting boot from A drive (security)
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 10:32:41 -0500
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
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- In article <1jssp7INNeqn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ck060@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric L. Hinson) writes:
- >
- >Is there a way to make an IBM PC/AT [NOT] boot from the 'A:' drive? Or
- >what programs are availible to make it so that if you DO boot from the A
- >drive, you can't access data on the C, D, etc, drives? Your help would
- >be greatly appreciated. Thanks
-
- You should be able to set this up through the BIOS settings you install prior
- to the boot up of your computer. A line should read in which order the drives
- should be accessed for system boot-up. Usually reads A:,C: or some similar
- combination. By reassigning the A: and C: drives (C:,A:) or just removing the
- A: drive specification altogether, you could force a boot from the C: drive.
-
- Of course, if the security measures are against computer-wizards, they can just
- as easily change it back. At worst, you could disable the floppy drives by
- disconnecting it from the controller card (of course that defeats the purpose
- of having floppies, but if security is already that bad....)
-
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