[Cialug] Linux on locked machines

[Prescott Kulow]

If your work's IT department is competent, they will have locked down
the BIOS to prevent booting from a CD-ROM or USB device as well.

I guess if the hard drive is easily removable, you might be able to
swap the internal hard drive in and out.

Seriously though, it's a computer provided to you by your employer to
use for work.  It wasn't provided to you for personal use.  I'd just
leave it be.



On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:48 PM, jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
> So If I show up next time I'm likely to be the only person running
> windows... <awaits flames>
>
> The reason being is I've been handed a shiny new laptop from work and
> ditched my old piece of crap (if anyone wants an old toshiba convertable
> tablet cheap let me know).  Problem is it's running windows 7 and the hard
> drive has been encrypted with M$'s bitlocker.
>
> Any suggestions for running linux on locked down equipment?  Right now I
> figure a live cd or bootable USB are about my only options.
>
> Thanks!
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