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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] UEFI and Secure Boot</H1>
<B>Alejandro López</B>
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<I>Tue Aug 14 18:31:44 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:25 PM, David W. Hodgins
<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">davidwhodgins at gmail.com</A>>wrote:
><i> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:27:32 -0400, Alejandro López <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">listas.apl at gmail.com</A>>
</I>><i> wrote:
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</I>><i> How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it mentioned
</I>>><i> somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, but chances are that
</I>>><i> he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, and will invent the answer.
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</I>><i> The best way, in my opinion, is to find out what motherboard is in the
</I>><i> system, find the user manual online, and check it out.
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</I>><i> Given the story at
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.h-online.com/**security/news/item/Aldi-PC-**">http://www.h-online.com/**security/news/item/Aldi-PC-**</A>
</I>><i> becomes-first-retail-PC-with-**UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html<<A HREF="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html</A>>
</I>><i> at present, anything that has been on the market for more than 1 month,
</I>><i> will NOT have secure boot available, let alone not be able to be disabled.
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</I>><i> So, it's only going to become a problem at some point in the future.
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This was very isntructive. Thanks.
Alejandro.
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</I>><i> Regards, Dave Hodgins
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