On Tuesday 16 August 2005 15:48, Matthias Kilian wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 07:26:38PM +0000, Baldur Sigurpsson wrote: > [...] > > >Clever. A password-protected power switch... > > > > > > > Actually, I have configured the bios on my laptop to ask for a password > > before even loading any kernel or doing anything, and it was quite > > simple actually. not only is it good for security reasons, but it also > > gives me time to hit f12 or f2 to choose the boot-device or enter > > bios-setup;) > > Indeed, very secure. If I've physical access to your laptop, all I > need is a screwdriver to open it, pull out the disk and connect it > to another machine. > > Ciao, > Kili
That won't do you any good if the disk password has also been set.
