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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot</H1>
<B>Alejandro López</B>
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<I>Tue Aug 14 10:27:32 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:55 AM, David W. Hodgins
<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">davidwhodgins at gmail.com</A>>wrote:
><i> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:07:07 -0400, Maurice Batey <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">maurice at bcs.org.uk</A>>
</I>><i> wrote:
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</I>><i> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:40:20 +1000, Tony Blackwell wrote:
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</I>>><i> Unfortunately, UEFI bios can not turn off.
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</I>>><i> I had the same non-reply from a UK PC assembler (which uses ASUS
</I>>><i> MB's).
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</I>How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it mentioned
somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, but chances are that
he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, and will invent the answer.
>><i> They don't seem aware of Secure Boot, and assume you want to turn
</I>>><i> UEFI itself off, which is nonsense.
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</I>>><i> But it doesn't matter what OS you wan to isntall .
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</I>>><i> Which seems to suggest Secure Boot *can* be disabled!
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</I>><i> I've recently bought an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, which is a uefi
</I>><i> motherboard.
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</I>><i> Secure boot cannot be ENabled. There is no such option yet
</I>><i> in the existing ASUS motherboards, hence the support staff
</I>><i> don't have a clue what is being asked.
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</I>><i> Regards, Dave Hodgins
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