Re: Debian on Toshiba 2500CDS

[Evan <evangerard@gmail.com>]

He's saying that if the computer is not stolen, then crack the
password. If it is stolen don't take it off of the "seller's" hands.

On 1/17/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> Francis Healy wrote:
> > */Mitchell Verter <mitchell.verter@gmail.com>/* wrote:
> >
> >     I just got a great deal on a Toshiba 2500CDS:
> >
> >     The seller told me that he does not know the user/password.  Is there
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> >     way to crack this?
> >
> >     If not, what would be a good Debian distribution to install and from
> >     where would I download it?  It is not a recent machine, 256MB, 2GB
> Hard
> >     Drive, 233 MHz Pentium processor.
> >
> http://209.167.114.38/ISG/pastproducts/html/satellite/satellite_2500cds_spec.html
> >
> <http://209.167.114.38/ISG/pastproducts/html/satellite/satellite_2500cds_spec.html>
> >
> >     Also, any thoughts about putting Windows NT on a second partition?
> >     Will I be able to run XP programs on NT?  Where can I get a copy of
> NT?
> >
> >     Thanks in advance for any advice
> >
> >     Yours,
> >     Mitch
> >
> > If your sure it was not stolen, there is a utility to blank the password
> > that works on Windows 2000 and XP.  I haven't tried it on windows NT but
> > it will likely work.  It is linux based and can be used from either a
> > floppy or CD. You can download it here:
> >
> > http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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> How would ntpasswd know whether the unit was stolen?
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