"G. Morgan" <G_Morgan@easy.com> wrote in message
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> FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>>
>>"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>>newsp.v03yddzwa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net...
>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0400, FromTheRafters
>>> <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would it only persist if it was reloaded with the same OS
>>>
>>> It's a rootkit in bios that will reinstall itself in any windows system.
>>>
>>> I don't know if it would damage a linux installation, or not. It
>>> definitely wouldn't work though.
>>
>>That's one of the good things about Linux. When a Windows
>>system OS is identified you be be very sure that certain
>>programs are there. You can know what editors are being
>>used, what browser in most cases, even what library files
>>are there. With Linux, all you can be sure of is that there is
>>a penguin graphic somewhere. )
>
>
> Doesn't matter what O/S, they can halt the boot process before it even
> gets to the OS loader.
>
Yes, I wasn't speaking specifically to this case with the above comment.