[vox-tech] New Distrobutions Virus Alert

[Rusty Minden]

I know what it is used for (according to the FIC Manuel). I just wanted a 
sanity check. I will remove the Virus Detection. I forgot that I am not using 
a /boot partition anymore (not needed since I use LINUX Only).

Rusty Minden CCNA

On Tuesday 30 April 2002 03:36 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> if you're putting linux on your system, why do you care whether you have
> virus protection turned on in bios or not?
>
> and frankly, i wouldn't use bios virus protection myself without knowing
> more about how it works.
>
> did you look at google groups yet?
>
> pete
>
>
> begin Rusty Minden <clownsinc@attbi.com>
>
> > I have tested the new
> > Mandrake 8.2 (Download Version)
> > SuSE 8.0 Professional
> > Debian SID (ftp download from ftp.Debian.org)
> > They all have a problem with my Mother board. I get a virus detected
> > alert and have to bypass it (if I dare) to get it to load. I first saw it
> > with Sid and figured it was a bad download. Then with Mandrake I started
> > to wonder, but with SuSE 8.0 I have to ask what are they doing different.
> > I will have too disable the virus detection on the bios I suppose, but do
> > I really want to do this? I have a FIC 1st Mainboard AZ11E with an Athlon
> > 900 chip and 1 GB of SDRAM. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Rusty Minden CCNA :-)
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