> 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
