[TriLUG] Locked Out Linux box (Update)

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Paul Boyle via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> Here is an update on my sad laptop's situation:
> I gave the laptop to one of the electronics technicians in my
> department.  He was able to reboot the computer with the hard drive
> removed, but booting up failed with the hard drive in.  I need to talk
> to him to see what the error message was.
>
> This is sounding like something in my /boot filesystem got hammered.
> Sigh.
>
      If it boots fine,s pecially when you slap a new HD in it, the
problem is somewhere in your HD, like some kind of corruption, virus,
or aliens.

> Paul
>
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 01:54:03 +0000
> 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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