Re: mbr package

[Liran Zvibel <liranz@math.tau.ac.il>]

On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Gregory T. Norris wrote:

> I was wondering how hard it is to remove/replace the mbr package.  We have
> a single system running hamm, for which we want to disable the capability
> of booting from a diskette.  Currently we've disabled floppy-boot in the
> BIOS, and configured LILO to require a password (only if kernel-options are
> specified at it's prompt).  However, it seems that mbr still provides the
> capability for a diskette boot... if I tap the shift key just before the
> LILO prompt would appear, I see the prompt "1FA:" - pressing "f" then
> causes a boot from floppy.
> 
> I'm afraid that using dpkg to force it's removal would break the system, as
> dselect shows it to be a required component (and lilo appears to be making
> use of it).  Any suggestions?
> 
> 
The easiest way (I know of) is to install lilo on the root partition
itself (and make it bootable), and then with a dos floppy disk do 
fdisk /mbr.

Liran.
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