No bios password - no spare partition - Howto install FC6?

Alastair McKinley amckinley03 at googlemail.com
Wed Dec 6 15:49:21 UTC 2006


On 12/6/06, Mitja Mihelic <mitja.mihelic at cosylab.com> wrote:
> Quoting Alastair McKinley <amckinley03 at googlemail.com>:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am currently running FC4 on my T43 laptop.  I really want to upgrade
> > to FC6, however I have a couple of problems.  Firstly, I dont have the
> > Bios password to boot a CD, my sysadmin has it, and if I want him to
> > do it I will have to wait some considerable time, and I want to
> > install it myself anyway!
> >
>
> the system usually gives you a possibility to chose a boot device if you press
> the right key. look for the "Press DELETE to enter setup/BIOS" or somethig
> similar output. alongside you could find sth like "Press F10 to choose boot
> device".
> again, this isn't the exact outpu you might get it is only an aproximation of
> what to look for!
>
> --
> mm
>
>

Ooops sorry I forgot to mention it has been locked to only boot from
the hard drive!

Alastair




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