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Re: Attempt to Move Root

From Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Attempt to Move Root
Date 2015-12-22 20:50 +0100
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Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
> Le duodi 2 nivôse, an CCXXIV, John Hasler a écrit :
>> Think about multiboot home user systems.

> Multiboot or no multiboot, once the system(s) is/are installed, nobody
> writes outside the partitions.

In ye olde days (pre-Windowsm 98) some programs (I think Photoshop did
it.) wrote licence data into that space, because it was unused. The copy
protection scheme of some games also tried to hide information there.

So "nobody" is not quite right. "nobody with the right mind" would be a
better description.

Grüße,
Sven.

-- 
Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-20 12:10 +0100
  Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-20 19:20 +0100
    Re: Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-20 22:00 +0100
      Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-20 22:40 +0100
  Re: Attempt to Move Root David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2015-12-21 10:00 +0100
    Re: Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-21 11:00 +0100
      Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-21 16:30 +0100
        Re: Attempt to Move Root Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-21 16:40 +0100
          Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-21 21:40 +0100
        Re: Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-21 16:40 +0100
          Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-21 21:00 +0100
            Re: Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-21 21:50 +0100
              Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-21 22:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-22 08:50 +0100
            Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-22 17:00 +0100
              Re: Attempt to Move Root John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-22 18:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-22 18:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-22 19:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2015-12-22 20:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-22 21:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-22 23:10 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2015-12-22 23:30 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-23 10:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2015-12-24 02:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-24 12:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-27 14:10 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-27 14:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-27 15:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-27 15:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-27 16:00 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-27 16:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-28 03:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-28 03:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-27 16:10 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2016-01-01 10:20 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-01 11:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2015-12-28 03:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-28 03:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-22 23:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-25 17:10 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-22 19:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root (SOLVED!!) David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-23 10:00 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root (SOLVED!!) Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 12:50 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root (SOLVED!!) David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> - 2015-12-23 13:20 +0100
              Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-25 16:40 +0100
                Re: Attempt to Move Root Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-28 05:00 +0100
      Re: Attempt to Move Root David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2015-12-21 20:00 +0100

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