[sf-lug] Fedora dealing with UEFI

[Larry Cafiero]

Thanks for pointing that out, Rick.

Larry Cafiero

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com):
>
>> Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> No.  That's simply wrong.
>
>   A system in custom mode should allow you to delete all existing keys
>   and replace them with your own. After that it's just a matter of
>   re-signing the Fedora bootloader (like I said, we'll be providing
>   tools and documentation for that) and you'll have a computer that will
>   boot Fedora but which will refuse to boot any Microsoft code.
>
> http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html
>
> (You provided that link, but I'm guessing you didn't stop to read it.)
>
> A machine with UEFI Secure Boot[1] enforced in the boot firmware is no
> longer a general-purpose computer, and so you shouldn't purchase one
> unless you're prepared to either deal with its enforcement mechanisms or
> reflash your BIOS with something more tractible (such as Coreboot,
> http://www.coreboot.org/).  'Dealing with its enforcement mechanisms'
> can mean putting the BIOS into custom mode and loading it with your
> _own_ code signatures, as Matthew Garrett mentions above.
>
> [1] Your subject header notwithstanding, the problem is not UEFI itself,
> but rather UEFI Secure Boot.
>
>
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