On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 4:53:04 PM UTC-4, motech man wrote: > On Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 10:09:33 PM UTC-5, cooloutac wrote: > > > Indeed. I don't understand why AEM can't be used with UEFI. The docs > > > should also mention the reliance on TPM for AEM and the use of AEM > > > prevents ability to swap drives in mobo easily, such as hot swapable > > > SATA. That is probably not an important consideration in the majority of > > > cases I suspect. > > > > > > Also, the conversion process should probably discuss GPT vs MBR > > > partitioning. I was under the impression UEFI required GPT, but even if > > > not, I do know booting an OS that resides on a GPT drive via BIOS (i.e. > > > legacy) mode has problems. Most BIOS / legacy code doesn't even recognize > > > a GPT drive. Often BIOS booting on a GPT drive relies on the protected > > > partition region which isn't recognized across the board and is far from > > > being well recognized my all Op Systems. > > > > > > I don't understand why people want to use uefi if not using secure boot. > >... > > You say GPT is that cause you running windows? Well when you do decide to > > go to Qubes-os only machine reformat the drive and hope for the best. If > > you ever update your pc hardware though don't put anything else on it. And > > your Hardware should be safe for at least a year lol. I'm starting to think > > real security is only for rich people. but 1-2 years reasonable secure pc > > is pretty good compared to windows. which I would give 1-2 months. and > > linux which is shot in one day. Ignore my fud. > > We've had this discussion in another thread. I reiterated the main points > above. GPT is the superior partitioning format, far more flexible. Mixing > legacy BIOS with GPT is a very difficult combination to get working, > certainly for windoze. I have no intention of installing that OS on my Qubes > box, no way. > > But please do your research on GPT and you will see BIOS boot is obsolete and > will be a thing of the past before you know it. The sooner you realize that > the better off you'll be.
well I have it installed on mind windows 10 on a machine I also boot with qubes. main machine is qubes only though. I use legacy mode for both. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/7fc66534-0c13-44be-b1a0-b439f5ac52eb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
