A bright idea...
Chris Jones
jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Sun Jun 24 19:03:24 UTC 2007
> 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...
Whilst I praise your ingenuity, this is exactly the sort of undergrad behavior
which probably explains why your system was locked down in the first place ;)
My university is equally as paranoid when it comes to students - The computing
systems *completely* reinstall themselves (i.e. complete disk clean and then
mirror from a central server) every night... Best way to clean out the filth
left behind by your average undergrad ;)
At least though they do ofter students dual boot options - winXP or SUSE...
You can argue against their choice of suse, but at least its a linux
alternative...
Chris
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