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DATE | 2004-08-01 |
FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] BIOS Virus?
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On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 09:42:24AM -0500, Steve Milo wrote: > > Is it possible to get a virus on a BIOS through W2K that affects everthing > you do on the system? > Yes
> I tried installing Suse 9.1, I removed all the hard drives installed one > seperate hd. Wiped it clean, and when I tried to install 9.1 it hung, > numerous times. I checked the log screen and there was either an error > decompressing or an inode was locked and couldnt be written to or read from.
It could be a different problem. Have you tried to contact HP?
> > This machine is a Celeron with 256m of memory, hd is 6gb, it is an HP Brio > with Pheonix BIOS. I have tried a basic install and a minimal install. I > tried installing with safe mode (nodma, acpi-off, apm-off then with dma, acpi- > off, apm on). > I also reset the BIOS a few times. > > The manual says I should set system BIOS shadowing to off. There is no > setting for that in this thing. > > Steve M > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > ____________________________ > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless.... > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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