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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008453.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008453.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..867177d22 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-August/008453.html @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20UEFI%20and%20Secure%20Boot&In-Reply-To=%3C50294A14.8090401%40bigpond.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008448.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008454.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot</H1> + <B>Tony Blackwell</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20UEFI%20and%20Secure%20Boot&In-Reply-To=%3C50294A14.8090401%40bigpond.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot">tablackwell at bigpond.com + </A><BR> + <I>Mon Aug 13 20:40:20 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008448.html">[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot (Tony Blackwell) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008454.html">[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8453">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8453">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8453">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8453">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>re: +><i> My current understanding from communications with ASUS and Gigabyte is +</I>><i> that their BIOS's will not provide any way to disable secure boot. +</I> + In which case won't pre-Windows 8 versions of Windows fail to boot? + +Can you quote a source w.r.t. ASUS & Gigabyte situation, please? + + + +A. My responses from: (See also ref to relevant lwn discussion at tail +of this) +(Have I over-interpreted their replies: you judge) + +1. ASUS (The actual motherboard mentioned was just one of their new +UEFI ones I selected to keep the website happy) + +ASUS CASEID=RWTM20120422197363025-780 +<snip> +Dear Valued Customer, +Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service. +My name is Andrew and it's my pleasure to help you with your problem. +You can install the other OS on the board.But we do dnot support drives +for Linux on this board. +Welcome to refer Troubleshooting & FAQ for ASUS products in ASUS website: +<A HREF="http://support.asus.com/servicehome.aspx?SLanguage=en">http://support.asus.com/servicehome.aspx?SLanguage=en</A> +If you continue to experience issues in the future, please do not +hesitate to contact us. +Best Regards, +Andrew + +---------- Original Message ---------- + From : <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tablackwell at bigpond.com</A> +Sent : 2012-4-22 11:07:11 +To : "<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tsd at asus.com.tw</A>" +Subject : <TSD> Motherboard SABERTOOTH X79 + +[Product Information] +*Product Type : Motherboard +*Product Model : SABERTOOTH X79 +<snip> +[CPU Specification] +*CPU Vendor : intel +*CPU Type : 2011 +*CPU Speed : 3.3 +<snip> +*Operating System : Linux + +[Problem Description] +We are looking at buying motherboards based on the Intel 2011 pinout, +for use with +linux.. You use UEFI. Do you provide a way to disable secure boot to +enable us to +boot any linux or other operating system of our choice? How do you +implement this? + +With thanks, +Tony Blackwell +Medical Multimedia + + +And a further response from ASUS: + +Dear Valued Customer, +Unfortunately, UEFI bios can not turn off. +But it doesn't matter what OS you wan to isntall . +Best Regards, +Andrew + +---------- Original Message ---------- + From : <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tablackwell at bigpond.com</A> +Sent : 2012-4-23 7:02:17 +To : "<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tsd at asus.com.tw</A>" +Subject : Re:Re:<TSD> Motherboard SABERTOOTH X79 +[ID=RWTM20120422197363025-780] + +[CASEID=WTM2012042315107754] + +Dear Andrew, +Thankyou for the prompt reply. Unfortunately you didn't answer my +question about +UEFI at all. +I am asking about _all_ your Intel 2011 pin-out boards. +I ask again, does your UEFI have a way to turn off secure boot? +Alternatively, have you +set it up so it will only boot Microsoft software? +Do you have any Intel 2011 boards with a UEFI where the user can turn +off secure +boot? Which models? +Thanks for your time +Regards, + +2. From Gigabyte: +My question and their answer is at: +<A HREF="http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/gtsemail.asp?UserEmail=tablackwell@bigpond.com&EmailID=1212853&EmailPreviousID=1212853&OpenEmail=Y&LanguageID=1">http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/gtsemail.asp?UserEmail=tablackwell@bigpond.com&EmailID=1212853&EmailPreviousID=1212853&OpenEmail=Y&LanguageID=1</A> + + + +3. 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