[Ti] Recovery options

[Peter Krug]

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>Any recommendations on firmware locks for the future? I remember previous
>powerbooks had a lock built into the Forth firmware is this still available?

Yes.  You can download Apple's Open Firmware Password Utility here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/openfirmwarepassword.html

When active, it forces the user to use only the boot system set in 
the Startup Disk pref pane.  Users cannot use the keyboard to force 
the system to boot from a CD, boot into Firewire Target mode, or 
other keyboard-forced situations.  Holding down the option key at 
startup brings up a text box into which you enter the firmware 
password, allowing you to boot from CD's or other partitions as 
needed.

Hope this helps (hope you're using OS X).

Peter

p.s. You can also set an open firmware password while in open 
firmware if you run OS 9 only.  Info here:
http://www.macosxlabs.org/documentation/ofpw_tool/intro.html

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