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Posted: Feb. 02 2006,05:31 QUOTE
Is there a way to set a boot password for Grub or Lilo? I tried to use different boot loaders but they had problems booting DSL when I did a frugal install.  Any ideas?

I figured it out, for anyone wondering you just need to put a password on the boot loader like you normally would, and then if you are using GRUB then add "lock" after the Title line.
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Posted: Feb. 04 2006,18:37 QUOTE
not sure this helps, cos i've got a full install, but if you look at /etc/lilo.conf the procedure for setting a boot password is explained. don't forget to run lilo afterwards (sudo lilo), otherwise your modified lilo.conf file won't be installed.

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Posted: Feb. 04 2006,21:28 QUOTE
I'm afraid that lilo.conf is not (easily) editable in a frugal install, so I wouldn't go down that path.
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