[ale] Windows restore partitions

[Thompson Freeman]

Many thanks. I probably should implement that for my  
laptops very shortly.

On 07/31/2009 04:01:04 PM, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> I'll assume grub as that is the usual default boot loader:
> 
> Get a md5 hash of the password you would like.  One way to
> get it is to ask
> grub on its command line to give it to you:
> 
> grub> md5crypt
> 
> Not that useful unless you write it down from here.
> 
> Or from the linux command line (as root on NON-Ubuntu
> systems, or as regular
> user on Ubuntu):
> 
> $ grub-md5-crypt
> 
> Which you can redirect to wherever you need to make it
> easy for you to put
> into the configuration file (usually /boot/grub/menu.lst)
> 
> For accessing grub command line, editing options, and any
> entry protected by
> keyword "lock" (in the boot entry) specify the following
> line BEFORE any and
> all TITLE lines:
> 
> password --md5 MD%ENCRYPTEDLINE
> 
> If you wish to have a specific password for an entry,
> outside of the above,
> put a similar line with a different md5 hash IN a boot
> entry (after a TITLE
> line).
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Thompson Freeman <
> tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 07/31/2009 02:22:05 PM, john anderson wrote:
> > > Awhile back I installed Ubuntu as a dual boot on a
> windows
> > > box. I ran
> > > into an issue where the 'restore partition' for
> windows
> > > showed up in the
> > > boot loader selections as a boot choice. The problem
> is
> > > that this makes
> > > it a little too easy to wipe and reset the the windows
> > > partition.
> > >
> > > Now, admittedly its the windows partition we are
> talking
> > > about, but I
> > > would like to avoid this as a potential problem when I
> > > talk people into
> > > trying Linux.
> > >
> > > I am planning on installing Ubuntu 9.04 on my niece's
> > > computer but I am
> > > afraid that a poor keystroke by her or her little
> brother
> > > could cause
> > > havoc. I figure I could maybe comment out that line in
> the
> > > grub file.
> > > Would this solve the issue and how would you then run
> the
> > > restore
> > > partition when you actually wanted to. (Or rather how
> > > would I explain
> > > this over the phone.)
> >
> > Before taking this at face value, check with the
> > documentation first. However, if memory serves, you can
> set
> > a password requirement for any line in the boot menu.
> >
> > Of course, since I've never done this, please don't ask
> > _how_. In fact, if my memory proves to be correct, would
> > you be so kind as to document it to the list please??
> > Locking up the restore partition and the single user
> boot
> > option strikes me as a "good idea"...
> >
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