[TriLUG] Locked Out Linux box

[karl flores via TriLUG]

Take out the drive and put it in an external container. Start the computer
and see if you have access to bios. Install a new drive and create a new
boot disk, you can also use a boot thumb drive if you have one with simple
OS. Once you have rebooted to new drive, try to get access to old drive
through external access. You should be able to look inside the boot script
to see if it is corrupted. Keep us up to date on fix.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Paul Boyle via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a big problem:  I'm running OpenSuSE LEAP 42.2 on an Acer Aspire
> E17 x86_64 (Core i5 machine).  My machine froze (no mouse, unresponsive
> keyboard (couldn't switch to another VT)).  So, I did what most people
> would do:  I hit the power button to reboot. I got prompted with question
> that was something like this:  "Do you agree to use only Linux (or was it
> Opensuse?) certified boot loaders? (or something like that).  The default
> answer was "No".  So I hit "No".  Then I got a brief message saying the
> machine is locked out, and the machine powered off.
>
> Now, the machine will not even come up with a BIOS set up message.  I
> power it on, and the power light goes on, and then nothing.  I opened the
> DVD drive to try to boot from the installation media.  No dice there
> either.  Basically, I've bricked my laptop, which is really a bad thing for
> me.
>
> How can I rescue my laptop?  Will taking out and reinstalling the battery
> pack and/or the CMOS or BIOS battery clear this lock out?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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