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I guess I am SOL with UEFI. It's not a big deal because I didn't want my Windows 8 partition. I am a little frustrated with the secure UEFI locking down my PC that paid for. PCs seem to be going like Apple.
Oh well, I paid the Windows tax. At least they still allow for legacy boot options.
The legacy bios seems to boot faster than UEFI, I just thought it would be nice to experiment with my laptops new firmware.
Last edited by snmcdonald; 12-10-2012 at 07:58 PM.
Reason: code correction
The Linux Foundation has announced plans to provide a general purpose solution suitable for use by Linux and other non-Microsoft operating systems. The group has produced a minimal bootloader that won't boot any operating system directly. Instead, it will transfer control to any other bootloader—signed or unsigned—so that that can boot an operating system.
On the face of it, this bootloader could be used to circumvent the security of Secure Boot. The entire point of Secure Boot is that it doesn't allow unsigned (and potentially malicious) code to be run before the operating system is started. To address this, the Linux Foundation bootloader will present its own splash screen and require user input before it actually boots. In this way, it can't be silently installed and used to hand control to a rootkit without the user's knowledge.
And again it goes. You are not restricted by the UEFI firmware, but by the Secure Boot function. This is why it works in leagcy BIOS mode (which doesn't support Secure Boot). Just disable Secure Boot in the firmware setup. If you have a laptop with Windows 8 logo somewhere on it there must be such an option, if there isn't such a logo it depends on your lack if that option exists.
And again it goes. You are not restricted by the UEFI firmware, but by the Secure Boot function. This is why it works in leagcy BIOS mode (which doesn't support Secure Boot). Just disable Secure Boot in the firmware setup. If you have a laptop with Windows 8 logo somewhere on it there must be such an option, if there isn't such a logo it depends on your lack if that option exists.
I see that you have been explaining this over and over. It must be a redundant practice by now for you-
I tip my hat to you TobiSGD; your good at what you do!
The customer rep assured me once my BIOS is updated that the option to disable secure boot will become available. The version that shipped had secure boot locked on.
The customer rep assured me once my BIOS is updated that the option to disable secure boot will become available. The version that shipped had secure boot locked on.
Ahh...I see; have you been successful at updating the BIOS?
Did the representative or tech walk you through it?
TobiSDG is correct. I need to disable secure boot. The customer representative identified that the current BIOS has secure boot locked and I need to update my BIOS. Since the problem has changed I have created a new thread at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...31#post4848831
Ahh...I see; have you been successful at updating the BIOS?
Did the representative or tech walk you through it?
I don't think he could walk me through it as I do not have Windows 8 on my machine. I suppose I could see if they could send me an OEM version of Windows 8 to me.
If we want to install linux we must disable secure boot first, right? And once this is done, the bios will let us install any distro and we don't have to worry about signed keys. Is my assumption correct?
If we want to install linux we must disable secure boot first, right? And once this is done, the bios will let us install any distro and we don't have to worry about signed keys. Is my assumption correct?
Yes you are correct, unfortunately Acer has locked "secure boot" to enabled on my laptop (Acer V3-551).
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