Re: DDP CVS commit by fl: ddp/manuals.sgml/securing-howto securing-debia ...
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 05:18:11PM -0500, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > BIOS setup so that it <em>only</em> boots from the hard drive. Make
> > -sure you will not lose the BIOS password, otherwise, in the event of a
> > +sure you will not loose the BIOS password, otherwise, in the event of a
> > hard disk failure you will not be able to return to the BIOS and
> > change the setup so you can recover it using, for example, a CD-ROM.
> >
> > Uhh. "lose" is correct in that context, AFAICT.
>
> That is correct.
>
> lose is the opposite of found.
> loose is the opposite of tighten or attached.
Quite. I wasn't so determined in my post since there's a _tiny_ bit of
chance that Javier actually meant to say that you don't unleash the BIOS
password and then forget it. Quite silly, I admit, but then, Javier's been
seen saying much sillier things in the past. :o)
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