best way to install Ubuntu on external hard drive?

[Tommy Trussell]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:18 PM M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

> A school I work for asked me to install Linux on an old rugged laptop
> they bought on eBay (GETAC M230, never seen something so though. Could
> last 30 more years). Problem is, I cannot change the boot sequence,
> because I only have the "regular" BIOS password, but:
>
> * the boot sequence can only be changed "by supervisor" and...
>
> * I could find NO info online how to even try to switch to this BIOS
>   supervisor mode. There is no such entry in the BIOS
>
> * and then I should have the corresponding password, of course.
>

Did you open the case and unplug/disconnect the motherboard battery? I
would suggest unplugging everything including the little battery storing
the settings, wait awhile (10 minutes?) and then reassembling to see if the
"supervisor" menu becomes available after resetting everything.

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