full-disclosure - Unusual request

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From: John.Airey at rnib.org.uk (John.Airey@...b.org.uk)
Subject: Unusual request

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sung J. Choe [mailto:schoe@...inc.com]
>Sent: 13 February 2003 00:33
>To: 'Steve Wray'
>Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
>Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Unusual request

>> could give a demo of what M$ might have launched on the world
>> to get rid of dual-boot boxes!!

>It may be a bad idea to give Bill Gates and his M$ goons any ideas.  Then
again, those 
>lamers who are dual-booting due to fear of the unknown should probably be
more decisive and >run linux and only linux.  ;-p

Personally, if I were dual-booting I wouldn't trust Microsoft with the boot
sector anyway. I'd use a boot disk to boot the Linux install and not install
lilo or grub. That way, they can't touch the other OS (short of removing the
disk partition...)

- 
John Airey, BSc (Jt Hons), CNA, RHCE
Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute of the
Blind,
Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU,
Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 John.Airey@...b.org.uk 

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