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03-03-2005	#1 (permalink)
Zer0 Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 43	Booting Knoppix with a passwd-protected BIOS Hello, I'm wondering if it is possible to boot Knoppix 3.4 or 3.7 on PCs that have their BIOSes locked and a disordered boot-sequence. The only reason why I'm asking is that I want to use Linux on my school's computers, yet quite a few of them have HD over CDROM in the boot sequence, and I can't edit the BIOSes bcoz they are passwd protected. Is it possible to insert both the Knoppix CD and a floppy diskette that "points to" the cdrom drive, thereby bypassing the default HD boot? If so, what would the contents of the floppy be like? Thanks

03-03-2005	#2 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	You might want to have a look at the following link for a floppy that gives you a choice on were to boot. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-14601.html dylunio __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

03-04-2005	#3 (permalink)
Zer0 Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 43	Wow, thanks a lot dylunio! This is an amazing utility!

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