[ltp] Hard disk password & linux

[Matthias Posseldt]

On Saturday 14 May 2005 18:46, James Knott wrote:
> is it possible to use the hard-disk password with linux?

Yes, it is. The harddisk password has nothing to do with the operating 
systems which runs on the disk. You can configure the ThinkPad BIOS to 
use a power-on password or harddisk password and it'll work because the 
password checks are part of the BIOS which is operating 
system-independent.

There are, however, kinds of "passwords" which don't work with every OS 
on earth: If you install some kind of cryptographic security measures 
to encrypt partitions or the whole disk, it may or may not be supported 
under Linux depending on the product you install.

Regards,
Matthias

-- 
There is still the danger of EU software patents!

http://swpat.ffii.org/