From: "Russell Coker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 07:15, Joris wrote: > > I know it has little to do with debian on laptops (altough a non-windows > > OS booting meight look suspecious to customs), but: > > You must have some charge in your battery when going through the security > checks as they will want to see the machine running.
The last time I flew (Christmas) they didn't care about powering it up - but they actually used some kind of sniffer. I always thought it would be trivial to fill a laptop with explosives and enough ROM & battery to make it look like it was working. So this time they didn't care that it 'worked', and actually checked for bombs. Still, just-in-case, make sure it will boot before going through. That time I'd just spent an hour getting the damn thing to start because I was having trouble with a flakey touchpad, and they didn't even want me to turn it on :-) > Often they will wait for it to "boot Windows" and you have to explain to them > that is never going to happen and that it runs Linux. Never had that happen in Canada. > > That's mandatory. Anything breakable in checked luggage will probably be > broken. Anything stealable will probably be stolen. Especially now that they may well have x-rays in baggage to allow them to know _which_ luggage has valuables :-( derek
