Dotan... No. You might not be that bad a guy when compared to a rapist. But I think that your actions do indicate to some extenet the kind of person you are. I'm not judging bad or good But I'm pretty sure your IT guy wouldn't appreciate what you're doing! peace.. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dotan Cohen Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:38 AM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: A bright idea... On 25/06/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > > Save up to buy their own PC? ;-) I've since gotten a laptop :) > > 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... > > And how did you put it back in again? Although every PC that I've tried > can be booted up without any BIOS settings being stored (it'll use > defaults, or get you to enter the BIOS and save some), I've yet to find > one that'll put up without having a battery. It booted up fine. So far as I know, the battery is _still_ at the bottom of the case. They are old Compaq machines. If you want, I'll go find out the technical info of the machines. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/ http://what-is-what.com/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
