On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Paul R. Watkins wrote:
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->I installed RH 6.1 a week or so ago. I have a virus detection program in my bios
setup. It
->detects a virus in the masterboot record. I can get by this and boot linux and
everything
->works fine in Linux.
*** You installed LILO on the MBR and thats what the BIOS is seeing as a
virus.
->How do I remove this virus -- it's a nasty one in that I can't boot NT (dual boot
system)
->but Linux does work.
*** You don't and the nasty thing is that NT needs to have the MBR for its
own boot. You should've read the Linux NT HOWTO to find out how to
install the dual boot with Linux and NT. Unless you have recovery disks
for NT I'm afraid the only solution will be... to re-install NT.
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