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- From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
- Subject: Re: Hard Partitioning vs Soft Partitioning
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- References: <0095FEE7.1AAC7CE0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> <1992Sep1.141004.26706@wixer.cactus.org>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:38:32 GMT
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- In article <0095FEE7.1AAC7CE0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>
- oususabk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
- >I have been looking for a way to secure the system folders in a public
- >macintosh lab. I have looked into using norton or PCtools to make a
- hidden
- >read-only partition.
- >
- >This doesnt seen to work the way I am expecting. I need a R/O hidden
- partition
- >for the system to startup with, disappear, then show a working partition
- as
- >the hard drive. As far as I can tell soft partitioning will not work for
- this?
-
- You could try using SilverLining (hard partitioning) to create a system
- volume
- and lock and password protect it, and RamDisk (shareware) to copy the
- system
- folder to a ramdisk at restart time. I haven't tried this myself. You'd
- have
- a lot of memory to spare though.
-
- Chris Ellens
- ellens@bnr.ca
-