Re: [LI] NT + Win95 + Rh6.1 + Caldera

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxx>]

Never
But I guess what Mr Khader means is that when you have a dualboot machine
with Microsoft and you encounter a virus in Windows of the kind of CIH which
loves to wipe first 1MB [not sure] of your hard disk, you can inadvertently
destroy your Linux data.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] NT + Win95 + Rh6.1 + Caldera


> Virus on linux ? CIH. Is this possible ?
>
> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > It is usually recommended that Linux Swap be the first
> > partition so that in case you are struck by a boot virus
> > or a virus like CIH, you don't loose your precious data.
> > Only the swap partition gets corrupted which can
> > be easily used without any problem even after reformatting
> > the swap partition.
> >
> > Regards
> >                Khader
> >
> > Syed Khader Vali                                  skhader@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Associate Technical Executive           # 91-80-5262355      Extn:2527
> > IBM Global Services India (P) Ltd.
> >
> >
> >
> > paradigm@xxxxxxxx on 11/23/99 03:44:36 PM
> >
> >
> > I have installed /dev/hda1 as native and
> > /dev/hda2 as swap .  Working fine, feature any problem?
> >
> >
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