On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 6:04 AM Wols Lists <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 12/05/21 13:43, John Blinka wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 8:57 PM Mike Kaliman <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have an Asus TUF Gaming X570 and have the secure boot OS type as
> >     "Other OS". I've been using rEFInd to dual boot with Windows.
> >
> >
> > So, this suggests that “Other OS” was sufficient to allow you to boot
> > some kind of Linux distro, which you then used to install Gentoo.  I
> > take that as proof of concept that what I’ve tried *ought* to work.
> >
> So what I guess *might* be happening is that there is a signed
> boot-loader on the "other OS" on CD, but because the gentoo boot loader
> is not signed, that's why it's not working ...
>
> So somehow you need to get your "other linux" booted again, get back
> into gentoo, and install a signed binary boot loader. Pain in the Arse!!!
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>

I suspect the OP has seen these but I'll post them anyway in case they
haven't popped up yet:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Sakaki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Creating_and_Booting_the_Minimal-Install_Image_on_USB#turn_off_secure_boot

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Sakaki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Configuring_Secure_Boot

I'm at the point where I'm looking at building a new machine and being a
long-time Asus user I'm pained seeing the pain being inflicted.

- Mark

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