Marc Adler wrote: > I have Explore2fs on the WinXP side, so I can access all parts of the > Linux partition on my system. (Boy, that application makes a joke of > security, doesn't it?) Not really. It makes obvious what is already known: if someone has physical access to a machine, they have a huge amount of power. If they want, they can even replace the hard drive, or take a byte-by- byte copy and analyse it later. Likewise, if they have suitable privileges on another OS on the same machine [1], they can get raw access to any drive on the machine. There are really only three answers to this: * Don't let anyone untrusted have physical access to sensitive computers. * On multi-boot machines, you need to keep security tight for ALL OSes. * Encrypt sensitive data, and ensure that the key is not stored on the computer. This probably also implies having encrypted swap. I'm sorry I can't help you with your main problem: I don't know Partition Commander. It's possible that Partition Commander has made unwarranted assumptions: it sees grub the package, and assumes you'll want to use it to boot. James. [1] Barring virtualisation sotware and hardware, and the limits they may apply. -- E-mail address: james | Let He who Taketh the Plunge @westexe.demon.co.uk | Remember to Return it by Tuesday.
