Hello Debian users! I marked this posting as OT cos i do not know if it right here. What i want to do: i have a gateway already and plan to do weekly backups of my client PCs on a dedicated hard drive. Due to a question of price, i ask myself if it is okay to plug just a second HDD into the gateway and deactivate the HDD from the BIOS. So, if want to make a backup, i boot my box w/ activated 2nd HDD and do an rsync.
My question: is it possible (e.g. by hackers etc.) to activate a HDD by the operating system? I hope it is not! I am using Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody). Btw.: i know, while doing the backup it is vulnerable if i am online. Btw.: what BIOS options can an OS read/set in general? Thanx for any hints! -- greetings, Timo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC KEY: [soon] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
