Re: [DNG] Secure boot switch in EFI
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 05:33:18AM +0200, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Struggling with vendors that cater mostly for MS Windows users who > don't really care about Secure Boot being disabled or not, is not the > way that leads to an available solution. Such vendors are far too > powerful to bow to the pressures of insignificant pressure groups like > 'old fashioned' Linux users who do not want to use a 'modern > distribution'. What I would do, is dedicate a small partition to hold > a distribution that can actually boot in Secure Mode and I would use > that to manage my bootloader. > > You have the choice of at least two major distributions that work > under Secure Boot. These are Ubuntu and Debian. > > This solution was what I did when GRUB 2 started to behave obstinately > refusing to install its first stage when completely stripped of an > operating system. Except Debian doesn't support Secure Mode yet... -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Laws we want back: Poland, Dz.U. 1921 nr.30 poz.177 (also Dz.U. ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ 1920 nr.11 poz.61): Art.2: An official, guilty of accepting a gift ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ or another material benefit, or a promise thereof, [in matters ⠈⠳⣄ relevant to duties], shall be punished by death by shooting. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Secure boot switch in EFI
Struggling with vendors that cater mostly for MS Windows users who don't really care about Secure Boot being disabled or not, is not the way that leads to an available solution. Such vendors are far too powerful to bow to the pressures of insignificant pressure groups like 'old fashioned' Linux users who do not want to use a 'modern distribution'. What I would do, is dedicate a small partition to hold a distribution that can actually boot in Secure Mode and I would use that to manage my bootloader. You have the choice of at least two major distributions that work under Secure Boot. These are Ubuntu and Debian. This solution was what I did when GRUB 2 started to behave obstinately refusing to install its first stage when completely stripped of an operating system. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Secure boot switch in EFI
I'm unsure if this is the way for a lurker to reply to his list. If not, my apologies. Someone posted that it would be nice to get a list of PC vendors who don't allow disabling of secure boot. That would be a great boon if someone can actually post such a list. I'm currently posting from a Dell XPS-13, which I've had for a year and definitely allowed me to disable secure boot prior to my Linux installs. Inquiring minds want to know, if possible. -- Move from rim to hub; know the wheel. - G. Buddha ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
