Wonder if you could make a USB drive or something like that load a PXE image on them and boot a non-windows os.. Looks to me like something to play with and see if it can be used as a crack tool..
-Denis On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Irwan Hadi wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 08:44:02AM -0700, Jim Duggan wrote: > > > I have a few customers using various dell PCs, and it seems upon booting > > up with a HP all-in-one printer attached to the USB port the PC attempt > > to boot off the printer, causing boot times to exceed 20 minutes. > > Obviously its timing out after said time but im wondering what the hell > > makes the dell bios think it can boot off the printer, my only > > assumption would be the smart card reader. Wondering if anyone else has > > experienced something like this and if so could give a little more > > insite. I dont see anything short of a bios upgrade from dell fixing > > this, as of now i just have the customer unplugging the printer upon > > reboots as a temp workaround. > > I think at that time I resolved it by turning off support for legacy USB > applications on the BIOS, or something like that. Just go to the BIOS, and > check the settings for the USB. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html