[thechat] Suggestions?

Richard Maloley II richard at rrcomputerconsulting.com
Fri Dec 6 13:14:39 CST 2013


Ron -

Several options:

1. Open the case and pull the CMOS battery. This will reset the BIOS to
default, including blanking any passwords.
2. Pull the hard drive and use an IDE -> USB toolkit to connect it to a
laptop.

-Richard





On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Luther, Ron <Ron.Luther at hp.com> wrote:

> Hi Erik!
>
> Sounds like you got a sweet machine too!
>
> I got my hands on one of these:
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409131,00.asp
>
>
> Yeah, I would love to follow Roger's suggestion and load Ubuntu on it!
>  Can I buy a clue on how to do that?  It won't boot off my Knoppix CD or
> off a usb.  (The BIOS appears to be locked.  I see no option to point to
> anything other than the hard drive for boot.)
>
> Soooooo ... how do I get Ubuntu on a hard drive that fits in a desktop
> unit when all I have are working laptops?   Can I get there from here?
>
>
> Great Idea Morgan!   I think I still have some old rollerblades up in the
> attic!  I may have to go dig those out!  (And I may need to wait a few days
> as well - it was 73 degrees at 6:30 am yesterday, 55 degrees at lunchtime,
> and 44 degrees at dinnertime!)
>
>   ;-PPPPP
>
> RonL.
>
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