[ale] bypassing fingerprint scan to install Linux on laptop

[Jeff Lightner]

That reminds me:  My brother-in-law works at a Nuke plant.  They
introduced biometric palm prints a few years back.   When they jokingly
suggested cutting off someone's hand would be a way in the people doing
the presentation told his group:  "No, it won't work."  

We've all since had at least one sleepless night wondering how exactly
the testing to verify that assertion was performed.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Philips
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:50 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] bypassing fingerprint scan to install Linux on laptop

Daniel Howard wrote:
> I just got an IBM (Lenovo) Z60t donated for use as a thin client, and 
> unfortunately it has a fingerprint scanner that appears to be linked
to 
> the BIOS and won't let me boot from CD ROM w/o fingerprint scan or
even 
> log on and start the traditional boot process.
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can reset this thing to install a new OS?
>
> Daniel
>   
Is it possible to borrow a finger from the original owner? :-)
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