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Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

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Re: Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

#16 Post by hkoster1 »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: The OP is somewhat dated and misleading -- the ability to disable Secure Boot is part of the UEFI specification and it is perfectly possible to create your own Secure Boot keys and signed bootloaeder & kernel image so there is no need to rely on either the shim project or Microsoft's licence fee.
Isn't that exactly what I've been saying in my OP (2nd paragraph)? The OP is certainly dated, but misleading? Go rinse your mouth with soap... :)
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Re: Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

#17 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

hkoster1 wrote:
Head_on_a_Stick wrote: The OP is somewhat dated and misleading -- the ability to disable Secure Boot is part of the UEFI specification and it is perfectly possible to create your own Secure Boot keys and signed bootloaeder & kernel image so there is no need to rely on either the shim project or Microsoft's licence fee.
Isn't that exactly what I've been saying in my OP (2nd paragraph)? The OP is certainly dated, but misleading? Go rinse your mouth with soap... :)
My apologies.
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Re: Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

#18 Post by hkoster1 »

No sweat. BTW, you did well to draw attention to http://www.rodsbooks.com, a fine resource for this type of topic, e.g. the rEFInd boot manager.
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Re: Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

#19 Post by G-Known »

Does Debian Jessie support secure boot in a way that users can install the OS like normal?
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Re: Debian vs. UEFI Secure Boot

#20 Post by マーズ maazu »

G-Known wrote:Does Debian Jessie support secure boot in a way that users can install the OS like normal?
No. You must switch off Secure Boot in order for her to boot.

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