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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote:
>
>> but the signature isn't part of the kernel, and the code that checks
>> the signature is completely independant.
>
> Well, then remove or otherwise mangle the signature in the disk of
> your TiVo DVR and see at what point the boot-up process halts.

I have actually done exactly that. what happens is that the bootloader 
detects a problem and switches to the other active partition ane reboots. 
ir neither of the boot partitions meet the requirements the cycle will 
continue forever.

David Lang
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