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Article #4273Re: Questions from a Linux Newbie
From: chris
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00
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In article <35EC510E.DB4FBCF3@powerup.com.au>, Wade <wade@powerup.com.au> wrote: > > >Now for my problem: i recently got a new pc, with windows 3.1 on it. i > > >re-formated the drive, and installed Linux. After installation, Linux > > >rebooted my system. I rebooted, and as Linux was loading, i heard an odd > > >beep, and get a virus alert screen. the screen says i have a boot virus As noted previously, Linux modifies your MBR so that you can boot, but some BIOSes check the MBR to see if a virus (read: anything but Windows!) has modified it. You should be able to disable this "feature" in your BIOS settings. -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,3f880b9f5883f61e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: faa64,3f880b9f5883f61e X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public X-Google-Thread: 11033e,3f880b9f5883f61e X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-Thread: 100c5f,3f880b9f5883f61e X-Google-Attributes: gid100c5f,public From: chris@mall21.com Subject: Re: Questions from a Linux Newbie Date: 1998/09/03 Message-ID: <6smmkm$1mp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Deja-AN: 387540756 References: <6sau4n$jfv$1@news.onramp.net> <slrn6ujpfb.kj0.mjv3@lab1-39.cs.waikato.ac.nz> <35EC510E.DB4FBCF3@powerup.com.au> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x13.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 208.149.164.210 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Sep 03 18:20:05 1998 GMT Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.05 [en] (WinNT; U)