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From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz)
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Subject: Re: System 8 (What enhancements do people want?)
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Date: 2 May 90 09:25:13 GMT
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In article <1990May2.003335.3250@agate.berkeley.edu> lippin@math.berkeley.edu writes:
>                                        ....  What is needed is a way
>to boot from a read-only file system (currently the system folder must
>be writable.)  Then a local hard disk could have a read-only system
>partition, which is safe against all users except those both cunning
>and malicious.

Huh? I boot from write-protected floppy disks all the time! The only thing
annoying is that the system won't let you even go into the Chooser if it is
locked (for instance, if you just want to look at the current settings).
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Steve Peltz P-ASEL C-G
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