This may help to flash the BIOS, <a href="http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/13095-Undocumented-INSYDE-BIOS-recovery-method.-Use-andy-s-tool-to-obtain-possible-names.">http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/13095-Undocumented-INSYDE-BIOS-recovery-method.-Use-andy-s-tool-to-obtain-possible-names.</a>. Also, on some Gateway/HP laptops, removing the battery, unplugging the power adapter and then holding down the power button for 15 seconds restores the BIOS to defaults. I believe it's the same as jumping the reset on a desktop mobo. It's worth a shot, although I have no idea if it would reset the password. Actually, I don't recall ever seeing someone IRL actually set a BIOS password... :-)<div>
<br></div><div>As far as GRUB goes, it uses the UUID by default, so it shouldn't care. If not, I know you can edit it to use the UUID.</div><div><br></div><div>From /boot/grub/grub.cfg on my machine:</div><div><div>menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-8-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>recordfail</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>insmod part_msdos</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>insmod ext2</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 33ac49be-0a52-411b-9654-4b7ccb572180</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>linux<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=33ac49be-0a52-411b-9654-4b7ccb572180 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>initrd<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>-John Wesorick</div>
<div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Bill Littlejohn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billl@mtd-inc.com">billl@mtd-inc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I've got this D255E netbook that was setup dual-boot Win7/Ubuntu 10.10 UNR.<br>
My daughter ran the system restore (damnit I should have removed that<br>
option from grub) and it destroyed the boot loader making nothing<br>
bootable.<br>
She also tried getting into the BIOS and failed the password prompt<br>
which makes it boot only from the internal HD.<br>
So I opened it up and removed the internal HD so that it will boot<br>
from USB flash drive, then connected the main HD with a USB adapter.<br>
So now the question is; how to reinstall a working grub on the HD?<br>
<br>
Does grub care that the drive ID is going to change when it get's<br>
installed back into the netbook? i.e. It's /dev/sdb now, but will be<br>
/dev/sda when installed where it's supposed to be.<br>
It's currently running Ubuntu 10.10 UNR from a flash drive.<br>
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