On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 05:46:57PM -0700, Rick Kossoris wrote:
> A BIOS password is only a minor obstacle. All
> motherboards have a jumper on them to reset the bios
> password. The bottom line is: the only way to prevent
> your notebook from being stolen is to leave it at
> home.
And hope no burglar breaks in...
Yep, that's true - an expert can easily disable the BIOS password, after
which you only need a boot floppy to break into the Linux system.
However, IBM laptops (possibly most others too?) can set a hard disk
password. I've never used it myself but from the technical description
it looks like the hard drive itself is rendered utterly useless without
the password (unless you take it apart in a clean room and replace the
electronics).
imc
