10.3./no open firmware pw needed?!
installed the panther yesterday, placed the cd into my iBook, re-boot as wanted, installing was running fine...
OOOPS!
meanwhile i realized, that i had installed the open firmware software from apple on my portable, in case it is stolen, you cannot start from cd.
but you can...-
no clean install, just actualizing my system.
final result is very good and running ...- but, how does a password protection makes sense without password...?!
bug? user failure? feature (user recog by telepathy)?
OOOPS!
meanwhile i realized, that i had installed the open firmware software from apple on my portable, in case it is stolen, you cannot start from cd.
but you can...-
no clean install, just actualizing my system.
final result is very good and running ...- but, how does a password protection makes sense without password...?!
bug? user failure? feature (user recog by telepathy)?
Comments
Originally posted by JLL
Did you at any time install or remove RAM?
well, when i bought the iBook i placed another 512Mb
someone in another forum told me, it worked because i typed my admin pw on a "system level" - therefore you can restart from cd without giving the firmware pw...
no idea, but as described - it worked....
conclusio:
be careful with passwords
Originally posted by k_munic
well, when i bought the iBook i placed another 512Mb
someone in another forum told me, it worked because i typed my admin pw on a "system level" - therefore you can restart from cd without giving the firmware pw...
no idea, but as described - it worked....
conclusio:
be careful with passwords
It's just that altering the RAM amount disables the password, but it sounds reasonable that it worked because you typed your password before rebooting.