remove bios Password

Hello everybody,

I would like to remove the bios password of my laptop.
I did a fresh installation with OS some month ago since than I have to type in two times my password. One time right after starting the PC -no i don’t have a bios password “installed”- and the second one to encrypt my disk and that should be like that.
But how to remove the “first” password?
Some month ago I opend a german topic but nobody replied. Hopefully someone does it now.

Thanks for your help, I’m really happy with OS.

Timon

When this is about a password for the BIOS, that depends on the BIOS. It has nothing to do with the operating system.

You have to go into the BIOS configuration (normaly by hitting some key like Esc or one of the Fn keys) and then find your way.

You may want to post the model of of your laptop. Or try How to Clear a Laptop BIOS or CMOS Password

That does not sound like a BIOS password.

Personally, I use an encrypted LVM and a separate partition for “/boot”. The “/boot” partition is unencrypted. I am prompted only once for the encryption key (what you are calling the second one).

If, however, I do not use a separate “/boot” (and I do have one system installed that way), then I am prompted twice.

The first prompt is by the grub2 bootloader. It needs the encryption key to read “/boot” and to access the menu and kernel. The boot menu does not show up until I have given that password. However, it does show “Welcome to Grub” before it requests the encryption key. After giving the key, the boot menu shows up. And when I select an entry and proceed, the second prompt shows up from the kernel that is being loaded.

I think that’s what you are seeing. Or at least that seems to fit your description.

The easiest way to avoid that, it to use a separate unencrypted “/boot”. However, if you are using “btrfs”, it is better to not have a separate “/boot”, because you want the kernels to be part of the snapshot in case of rollback.

Could be that you are hitting the MOK manager. That would mean you’d have to enter the root password at the first time you’re asked for a password.