Re: A bright idea...

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 20:56 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 
> At my university, the winboxen can boot from usb, but they are
> configured to boot ONLY from disk. The BIOS is also password
> protected, and the case is locked. What is a poor Fedora junkie to do?
> 
> I unplugged one of the machines, then wormed a plastic stick (actually
> a stepped-on mechanical pencil) into the case, and actually managed to
> pop out the motherboard's button battery! Ten minutes later, there was
> no more password on the BIOS...
> 
> Dotan Cohen 
Thhe BIOS police are going to get you :-)
Of course all the other BIOS parameters were gone also.