[Nitropad x230] Boot OS on changed checksum, and without the Nitrokey Pro

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Oops me be way bad… I Lost my nitro key pro2 usb key. And no I don’t have any backups. I now can’t use my nitropad x230 running cubes os. After I rebooted from the latest dom 0 update it warns me that checksums could indicate a compromise. I can’t seem to get it to boot now without the key.

Is there a way of resetting or completely reformatting the nitropad. Happy to lose everything on it also can buy another nitrokey usb or device.

Yes I know I am naughty but any suggestions please?

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Hi!
You will need another Nitrokey Pro (or Nitrokey Storage) to use the measured boot feature.
The checksums update indeed require a Nitrokey to be used, and if I remember correctly also for the factory reset. I will check if there is a way on my Nitropad x230 and will let you know.

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Can you check what Heads version do you use?
Edit: this should be either in the title bar of the main window just after the boot, or in the System Info screen (field FW_VER).

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For the Heads v1.2+ there is a way - select the following on the initial boot screen:

  1. Options
  2. Boot options
  3. Ignore tampering and force a boot (Unsafe!)

This will change the terminal screen to red to indicate the potential tampering, and allow to boot further to the OS.

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Hi thanks so much! Heads v is 1.3.1 and yes the unsafe option works. Thanks heaps. This will keep me going for now, yippee!

How do I get a new pro or storage to work with the nitro pad please?

Ta

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You are welcome!

Just running factory reset would configure both Nitropad and Nitrokey to work together.
See below for details:

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Thanks and I am all sorted now.

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