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[ale] bypassing fingerprint scan to install Linux on laptop
- Subject: [ale] bypassing fingerprint scan to install Linux on laptop
- From: hbbs at comcast.net (Jeff Hubbs)
- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:23:45 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
Sounds like a "negative donation."
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
>