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Subject: Re: harddisk suddenly locked?!
To: goemon@anime.net (Dan Hollis)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:09:54 +0100 (BST)
Cc: alan@bagpuss.swansea.linux.org.uk (Alan Cox),
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> On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Or someone broke into the box and did it. In fact given this feature
> > is actually enabled on ibm disks Im amazed the windows viruses havent
> > all started doing it
> 
> Destroying the bios is a bit more straightforward and certainly more
> universal.

And a lot less damaging. Its "Oh dear put the disk in aother box and
disinfect" not "oh god, all our web server data is lost"