[Novalug] Editing the BIOS

Jeremy Hoel jthoel@gmail.com
Mon May 12 23:57:21 EDT 2014


And to top it off the BIOS has nothing to do with how your username gets
displayed.  You are going down the very wrong path if you think editing
your BIOS will fix that.


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Derek LaHousse <dlahouss@mtu.edu> wrote:

> Charlie, you need someone there with you if you try to edit your BIOS,
> not least so they can explain what broke.  Please don't take
> screenshots of the virtual terminal.
>
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 9:32 PM,  <cmhowe@patriot.net> wrote:
> > List,
> >
> > I AM NOT ignoring all the offers to help. But I want to go down the
> > editing the BIOS path. I want it to be in my tool kit.
> >
> > Remember that I: Bad when I see "chowe", bad; when I see "cmhowe", good.
> > Here's what I have done so far:
> >
> > I do Control-Alt-F1. The screen turns black. Then I see
> >
> > Ubuntu 12.04 LTS chowe - ZBOXSD - ID12 - ID13 tty1
> > [blank line
> > chowe ZBOXSD ID12 - ID13 login:  * Starting Mount network filesystem [OK]
> >  For some reason I can;t get thr closing bracket to stay at the end of
> the
> > line unless I cheat by saying [OK] imstead of [ OK ]
> > * Stopping mount network file system m?ay [ OK ]
> >
> > Note: This isn't a screenshot. I've done screenshots correctly in the
> > recent past but at this time I'm doing it the tedious way.
> >
> > What should I do next>
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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