From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 5 9:10:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from brunel.uk1.vbc.net (brunel.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580DC37C0C3 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lloyd@brunel.uk1.vbc.net) Received: from localhost (lloyd@localhost) by brunel.uk1.vbc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA13477 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:10:02 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:10:02 +0100 (BST) From: Lloyd Rennie To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwording boot loader. (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Forgot CC on reply... -- Lloyd Rennie VBCnet GB Ltd lloyd@vbc.net tel +44 (0) 117 929 1316 http://www.vbc.net fax +44 (0) 117 927 2015 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:02:28 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Lloyd Rennie Subject: Re: Passwording boot loader. On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:49:24PM +0100, Lloyd Rennie wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > There appears to be some code in the /boot/support.4th file to force > > the user to enter a password at kernel load time. Does anyone know > > enough forth to tell me how to activate it? > > > > I've got Sony picking up my laptop any minute now and I want to > > disable FreeBSD :( > > If it's dual-boot, drop into Windoze and > > sys c: > > This will overwrite the MBR, and only Windows will bo bootable. When you > get it back you'll have to boot it with a bootdisk and rewrite it. Thanks Lloyd, I've done just that with sysinstall. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message