On 07/05/14 12:26, Michael wrote: > On 7 May 2014 09:37, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 09:11 AM 7/05/2014, Tom Worthington you wrote: >>> They wanted to turn the old Netbooks into Chromebooks >>> (which sounds a reasonable idea to me), but have yet to track down the >>> code needed to unlock the BIOS to change the OS. >> I don't understand that. Do Chromebooks use a specific bios setting >> instead of just installing the operating system for booting like >> linux or Windows? I have my netbook set up as dual boot with both >> Windows and Ubuntu. (Thanks Brenda). >> >> Jan >> > The Lenovo netbooks supplied in NSW were bios password protected centrally > to stop kids changing stuff and to maintain a single standard OS image. I > don't know if each device had a different password, or who has access to > them now, but I believe they were administered centrally, at least to begin > with. >
Jan, the netbooks have the BIOS password on them so you can't make them boot from a CD to install another OS, or change the boot order, or enable F11 to choose a boot device, etc. But I don't understand why Tom didn't type "override bios password" into google... the first hit I got showed several ways, both hardware and software: http://www.technibble.com/how-to-bypass-or-remove-a-bios-password/ Another method would be to remove the hard drive and attach it to another computer you own to install ChromeOS, then reinstall the hard drive back in the netbook. -andyf
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