Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de> suggests:

>> installboot: no password support in bootblock
> 
> cd /sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot, edit the Makefile to build with
> BOOTPASSWD, rebuild. 
> 
> I have not tried this - someone mentioned that there may be a size issue
> in the current bootblock code. Maybe let us know if this works or not.

I'll be happy to try this (on Monday), if I can do it without risking
trashing that system.  I don't mind risking having to boot from floppy
to install a good bootblock if my attempt results in an unusable one,
but is there any chance that, if the resulting code is too big, part of
my root partition will be overwritten?

If so, I'll have to delay the test until I can do it on a play system.


Anne.
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