FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Security is About to Crack Down on Electronics
Old Feb 4, 2002 | 10:56 am
  #19  
lairdb
40 Countries Visited
3M
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: SAN
Programs: AA GLD 1MM, WN CP, etc. etc.
Posts: 403
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fparker1:
floppy drives are so 90's. i have an extra battery in the bay. i usually hybernate the beast just for such events, but i didnt this time.

</font>
Set a boot password. It will stop and ask for the password near the end of the POST, before it tries to boot the OS; you can safely turn it back off at that point.

--Laird
lairdb is offline