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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 1996 23:03:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        paul@nation-net.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot Manager
Message-ID:  <199609210403.XAA28284@night.primate.wisc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960920184532.224E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Sep 20, 96 06:46:14 pm

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>> > You'll have to do this from DOS.  I assume WinNT has the same
>> > write-protected boot sector that win95 does.
>> 
>> Is it true that bootinst has to be run from 'real' dos and not win95 dos?
>
>Yes.  Windows 95 write-protects the boot sector to protect from boot
>sector viruses.  You have to use DOS ( < v7) to change it.  

To protect from boot sector viruses other than Win95, you mean.

(Can you tell I'm writing right from an experience of having a Win95
install wipe out DOS/Win3.1 startup files located in an entirely separate
partition and replace them with its own?  Talk about predatory.  Ugh.)



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