mjschmel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer) (05/01/88)
I test a lot of potentially dangerous programs on my SE with an internal HD20. (i.e. I download a lot of goodies) How can I "unmount" the HD so I can test a program in an insulated environment without fear of infecting all of my files on it? (God forbid the virus should reach a backup of the hd!) Thanks a lot! -- "Sum Iuppiter Optimus Maximus!!"- My Latin teacher who flipped. "Worthlessness is the root of all worthlessness." -WPRB music dept. Mike Schmelzer mjschmel@phoenix!princeton.edu DISLAIMER:If you think I speak for anyone but myself, you must be a lawyer.
dudek@csri.toronto.edu (Gregory Dudek) (05/04/88)
In article <2737@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> mjschmel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer) writes: >I test a lot of potentially dangerous programs on my SE with an >internal HD20. (i.e. I download a lot of goodies) >How can I "unmount" the HD so I can test a program in >an insulated environment without fear of infecting all of my files >on it? (God forbid the virus should reach a backup of the hd!) > The only reliable way to do this is to switch-launch to a floppy disk [hold down the pretzel-key and double-click an application on the floppy. the floppy must include a valid system & finder] and then "eject" the hard-disk by trashing it. Unfortunately, there's no way to "re-insert" the hard-disk when you're finished, except by rebooting (at least, not with my HD). Also, although it's not likely, a really nasty program can still get out the SCSI port and do something. Greg Dudek -- Dept. of Computer Science (vision group) University of Toronto Reasonable mailers: dudek@ai.toronto.edu Other UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,decvax,linus,pyramid, dalcs,watmath,garfield,ubc-vision,calgary}!utai!dudek ARPA: user%ai.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net