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Re: LILO config



> And if the CMOS is setup so that floppy booting is not allowed, and that
> someone forgot the CMOS password as well, then... :-)
> Remove the CMOS battery, leave it out for sometime so that the password is
> forgotten, put it back, go to CMOS setup, change boot order, reboot via
> floppy,.......

Unless, of course, this is a fairly recent machine that stores its config
in EEPROM and does not really depend on a battery to keep it alive, in
which you have one of two situations:

1. You have a truely secure machine

2. You are up the creek without a paddle

Atul




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