29 Dec
1998
29 Dec
'98
1 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 gram(a)cnct.com wrote:
If you're dual-booting, installing Linux (and
LILO) will not get rid
of many (installed under DOS) boot-sector viruses. I speak from
experience I'd prefer to have avoided, but the experience was in the
long run invaluable. I'll never dual-boot again, in fact I'll boot
even my Linux-only systems from floppy most of the time.
For one thing, I've never gotten any virus. FOr the other, can't you get
rid of boot sector virii w/FDISK /MBR? If not, what is a good way of
getting rid of them?
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