Re: A Boot Manager problem -- CORRECTION

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:49:34 UTC, "Trevor Hemsley"
<Trevor-Hemsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> opined:
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:21:15 UTC in comp.os.os2.misc, "Stan Goodman"
> <SPAM_FOILER@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > almost immediately an error message
> > appeears, telling me that a virus has been detected. This is probably
> > nonsense, but it is enough to convince me to install Linux from scratch
> > first thing in the morning.
>
> Are you sure you don't have boot sector virus protection activated in your BIOS?
> It'll give an error anytime anything tries to write to sector 0 of the disk.

By golly!!

Thanks.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

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