Re: testing install in acer aspire v5-571P with uefi/gpt

2012-11-10 Thread Brian
On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 10:27:48 +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: I downloaded wheezy weeky build kde iso dt 5th Nov It booted in uefi mode. But during installation, it dais there is no kernel in the disk and further it could not recognise both ethernet and wireless which are Qualcomm atheros

Re: testing install in acer aspire v5-571P with uefi/gpt

2012-11-10 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 10:27:48 +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: I downloaded wheezy weeky build kde iso dt 5th Nov It booted in uefi mode. But during installation, it dais there is no kernel in the disk and further it could

Re: testing install in acer aspire v5-571P with uefi/gpt

2012-11-10 Thread Brian
On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 22:22:16 +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: I for one doubt the message you saw said there was no kernel in the disk. If you posted exactly what you saw we could dispel that doubt. Exact message as below No

Re: testing install in acer aspire v5-571P with uefi/gpt

2012-11-10 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 22:22:16 +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: I for one doubt the message you saw said there was no kernel in the disk. If you posted

testing install in acer aspire v5-571P with uefi/gpt

2012-11-09 Thread L V Gandhi
I downloaded wheezy weeky build kde iso dt 5th Nov It booted in uefi mode. But during installation, it dais there is no kernel in the disk and further it could not recognise both ethernet and wireless which are Qualcomm atheros ar5bwb222 Realtek ethernet It could not detect both of them. Any idea

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-19 Thread Darac Marjal
), without drowning it in errors. I think some pathways in the motherboard is broken, so I want to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? Hi Tom, I know we're a few weeks on from when you asked, but... As of today, we now

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
in the motherboard is broken, so I want to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? Hi Tom, I know

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
it in errors. I think some pathways in the motherboard is broken, so I want to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Wally Lepore
pathways in the motherboard is broken, so I want to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? Hi

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-10-18 Thread Lisi
(say the harddisk) to another (say a CDROM), without drowning it in errors. I think some pathways in the motherboard is broken, so I want to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk writes: Hi. ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 03:01 +0200, skrev lee: Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. Well, it ended up with an ASRock. Let us know how it turns out in about

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread lee
Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org writes: On 12/09/12 02:01, lee wrote: Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk writes: Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. I just happened to clap my eyes on this one by accident -and liked it. Get an MSI board if you can.

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-13 Thread Tom Rausner
tor, 13 09 2012 kl. 05:02 +0200, skrev lee: Let us know how it turns out in about three years from now :) I wouldn't be suprised if I stil was happily using the ASRock... -- Tom Rausner -- www.tomtech.dk tomt...@tomtech.dk

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:13:55 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 17:52 +, skrev Camaleón: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:51:22 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: A bad copy does not have to mean a hardware problem. Maybe using a different software to do the copy process could have helped to

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:05:41 -0400, Doug wrote: On 09/11/2012 11:16 AM, Tom Rausner wrote: Hi. tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:40 +0200, skrev maderios: Hi I bought uefi motherboard 1 year ago. It works well with squeeze weezy and sid. UEFI changes nothing. Thanks for the help. I'm buying an UEFI

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 20:05 -0400, skrev Doug: Why not report back after you have installed an OS on it. Yeah, why not. The board comes in a pile of stuff I've orderet. It should be here monday so I should get it done some time next week. Tom Rausner

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread lee
Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk writes: Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. I just happened to clap my eyes on this one by accident -and liked it. Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 12/09/12 02:01, lee wrote: Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk writes: Generally I would agree and I was looking at MSI and ASUS to start with. I just happened to clap my eyes on this one by accident -and liked it. Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 03:01 +0200, skrev lee: Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. Well, it ended up with an ASRock. -- Tom Rausner

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hey Tony... ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:18 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. I didn't write this (just for your information) I read your 'installation' post, and

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 12/09/12 18:34, Tom Rausner wrote: Hey Tony... ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:18 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: Get an MSI board if you can. Asus sucks and Gigabyte is the worst crap you can get. I don't have any experience with Asrock, though. I didn't write this (just for your

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. ons, 12 09 2012 kl. 18:40 +0100, skrev Tony van der Hoff: No, you didn't; neither did I, it was Lee. But you have just snipped all the attributions... Well.. sorry. -- Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Go Linux
--- On Wed, 9/12/12, Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org wrote: From: Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org Subject: Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:18 PM I've never had a problem with ASUS boards. YMMV

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 19:21 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: Well, it ended up with an ASRock. And I switched from ASRock to ASUS ;). It's fortuitousness, we can have bad or good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I had issues with an ASUS board when it was new. Now it's old, several BIOS updates later, it's the perfect Linux machine. I only struggle with an IRQ issue for a new audio card, something that can happen with every mobo. Btw. today I don't care anymore, if there should be new BIOS updates. I

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom Rausner
man, 10 09 2012 kl. 21:02 +0200, skrev tv.deb...@googlemail.com: Hi, UEFI isn't (normally) a problem, it's the hype around the secure boot feature that gives free operating systems users the chills. I know, but I'm not quite sure exactly what kind of problems I might run into using an UEFI

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Camaleón
is broken, so I want to replace it. How did you reach to that conclusion? Maybe is simply a bad cabling or almost-death port :-? BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread maderios
it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? Hi I bought uefi motherboard 1 year ago. It works well

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom Rausner
Hi. tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:40 +0200, skrev maderios: Hi I bought uefi motherboard 1 year ago. It works well with squeeze weezy and sid. UEFI changes nothing. Thanks for the help. I'm buying an UEFI-board. Just wanted to be sure I wouldn't get any bad surprises. -- Tom Rausner

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom Rausner
be something I haven't cheked ;-) Do you have in mind a specific motherboard model? Probably ASRock Z77 Extreme4 I don't think UEFI is now the only option available, most of the motherboard manufacturers (MSI, Gigabyte, Asus...) provide a dual boot manager (BIOS/UEFI) for compatibility issues

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Camaleón
: it was not the disk but the internal ide port. Do you have in mind a specific motherboard model? Probably ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Asrock? Are you sure? O:-) I don't think UEFI is now the only option available, most of the motherboard manufacturers (MSI, Gigabyte, Asus...) provide a dual boot

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom Rausner
tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:26 +, skrev Camaleón: The logs or messages just said corrupt data? :-? Have you considered the optical media could be broken? I say this because the symptoms for a faulty motherboard are usually rather different. I just discovered the data to be corrupted. And I

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Matthias Bodenbinder
to replace it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? No problem at all. I can recommend Asus P8H67-V

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:51:22 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:26 +, skrev Camaleón: The logs or messages just said corrupt data? :-? Have you considered the optical media could be broken? I say this because the symptoms for a faulty motherboard are usually rather

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom Rausner
tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 17:52 +, skrev Camaleón: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:51:22 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: A bad copy does not have to mean a hardware problem. Maybe using a different software to do the copy process could have helped to diagnose the problem. I did try different software

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 11/09/2012 21:13, Tom Rausner wrote: tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 17:52 +, skrev Camaleón: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:51:22 +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: [...] I have it in my list of low-end (cheap) manufacturers, along with Biostar and DFI. I prefer MSI, Gigabyte or even Asus. Buy hey, there can be

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Doug
On 09/11/2012 11:16 AM, Tom Rausner wrote: Hi. tir, 11 09 2012 kl. 16:40 +0200, skrev maderios: Hi I bought uefi motherboard 1 year ago. It works well with squeeze weezy and sid. UEFI changes nothing. Thanks for the help. I'm buying an UEFI-board. Just wanted to be sure I wouldn't get any

Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Rausner
on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? -- Tom Rausner t

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
it. BUT most of the motherboards on the market doesn't have an old-style BIOS, they've got the UEFI-thing. So the question is; can I replace my motherboard with one infested with the UEFI-thing and get a Debian install to work on it ? Hi, UEFI isn't (normally) a problem, it's the hype around

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 11. August 2012 schrieb Greg Madden: Not sure about all the: - GPT + UEFI - MBR + UEFI - GPT + BIOS I just installed Wheezy and it seemed to install just like any other install I have done. Ah, so you are not sure its using UEFI at all? Do you have grub-pc or grub-efi

Re: UEFI install

2012-08-12 Thread Martin Steigerwald
...@rogers.com wrote: On 08/08/12 08:48 PM, L V Gandhi wrote: […] I think it is not so easy as I have googled it. Intel RST, UEFI etc making things difficult and many have bricked their system. Hence my post. I think the issues you read about are for Windows 8 and the 'secure boot' feature

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-11 Thread Greg Madden
that dual booting is a common requirement so they usually handle it pretty well. I think it is not so easy as I have googled it. Intel RST, UEFI etc making things difficult and many have bricked their system. Hence my post. I think the issues you read about are for Windows 8

Re: UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-11 Thread L V Gandhi
partition the disks the way you like. Linux installers normally expect that dual booting is a common requirement so they usually handle it pretty well. I think it is not so easy as I have googled it. Intel RST, UEFI etc making things difficult and many have bricked their system. Hence my

UEFI install (was: Re: Squeeze install in ultrabooks with SSD and HDD)

2012-08-10 Thread Martin Steigerwald
well. I think it is not so easy as I have googled it. Intel RST, UEFI etc making things difficult and many have bricked their system. Hence my post. I think the issues you read about are for Windows 8 and the 'secure boot' feature of the UEFI bios? I have not tried Squeeze, Wheezy

Re: UEFI install

2012-08-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
is a common requirement so they usually handle it pretty well. I think it is not so easy as I have googled it. Intel RST, UEFI etc making things difficult and many have bricked their system. Hence my post. I think the issues you read about are for Windows 8 and the 'secure boot' feature of the UEFI

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 11 iul 12, 06:08:15, Darren Baginski wrote: I found those steps not so easy to perform for many users and bielive such functionality should be intergrated in to the Debian installer. My question is there a work in progress on that? If so, how can I help ?   debian-boot is the mailing

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net wrote: On 11/07/12 04:08, Darren Baginski wrote: Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Darren Baginski kick...@yandex.com wrote: Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask whenever system is BIOS or UEFI and installs

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 11/07/12 09:19, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Jerome BENOITg62993...@rezozer.net wrote: On 11/07/12 04:08, Darren Baginski wrote: Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 3:49 AM, Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net wrote: On 11/07/12 09:19, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Jerome BENOITg62993...@rezozer.net wrote: On 11/07/12 04:08, Darren Baginski wrote: Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Darren Baginski: Hi list! Hi Darren, Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more par ticular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask whenever system is BIOS or UEFI and installs

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-11 Thread Darren Baginski
by remove/edit boot entries with `efibootmgr -B -b N`? `efibootmgr -B -b N ` is used to delete boot entries at the uefi boot list, something like it was boot from c: or boot from d: For some reason managing non-windows boot entries is not possible/limited from the UEFI BIOS itself. Therefore

Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-10 Thread Darren Baginski
Hi list! Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask whenever system is BIOS or UEFI and installs grub-pc, while grub-uefi required in such case. Thus making system

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

2012-07-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello: There is actually a discussion about it on the debian-devel list. Jerome On 11/07/12 04:08, Darren Baginski wrote: Hi list! Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more particular. While installing I faced some issues. Looks like installer can't recognize and do

Re: Proposal for stage-1 secure boot Re: [POSTPONED] Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-06 Thread Camaleón
be the user, herself, of course!) (...) An UEFI capable motherboard does not mean it has also the secure boot feature enabled, I think this is s different problematic :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Proposal for stage-1 secure boot Re: [POSTPONED] Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-05 Thread Rick Thomas
of the key is, of course, freely available and should be cached in some kind of write-once/read-many memory if such is available (You can buy USB keys with a physical write-enable switch. Would something like that be good for this application? Does the UEFI API have a way of stashing

[POSTPONED] Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-04 Thread Andreas Weber
. This whole UEFI thing hasn't landed in Debian land yet AFAICS. Besides the all new and shiny thing about UEFI, booting with grub-pc works pretty ok for me at the moment. Thanks to all who replied. ändu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Andreas Weber
Hi Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing with UEFI? I looked via search function of the web sites in - debian.org - wiki.debian.org with 0 hits. I found some links that described the howto, but they seem outdated: - install via MBR and grub-pc (works) - install

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:26:37 +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing with UEFI? I looked via search function of the web sites in - debian.org - wiki.debian.org with 0 hits. There was a discussion at the devel mailing list

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:23 +, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:26:37 +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: Well knowing that this could start a flame which I don't intend to do Pff, a flame war about what ;)? I'm afraid I'm still stuck with the old BIOS in all of my systems and haven't

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread GeraldC
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 09:26:37 PM Andreas Weber wrote: Hi Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing with UEFI? I looked via search function of the web sites in - debian.org - wiki.debian.org with 0 hits. I found some links that described the howto

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 01:26:37PM +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: Hi Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing with UEFI? I looked via search function of the web sites in - debian.org - wiki.debian.org Mmmm, uefi site:lists.debian.org brings up some hits

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-26 Thread Lisi
On Monday 25 June 2012 16:13:54 Jochen Spieker wrote: And, BTW, Desktop LTS support lasts only for 3 years, not 5. I recently read that it was changing to five for the desktop, as well as the server edition. If you say that this is an urban myth, I am happy to believe you. Lisi -- To

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-26 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi: On Monday 25 June 2012 16:13:54 Jochen Spieker wrote: And, BTW, Desktop LTS support lasts only for 3 years, not 5. I recently read that it was changing to five for the desktop, as well as the server edition. If you say that this is an urban myth, I am happy to believe you. No, I

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 05 June 2012 18:55:59 Nuno Magalhães wrote: That's awkward, i was under the impression there was a change some years back so that the stable branch would change to a 6 months release schedule. Did that never go through or was it only temporary? It was cancelled, though they seem to

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 15:29 +0100, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 05 June 2012 18:55:59 Nuno Magalhães wrote: That's awkward, i was under the impression there was a change some years back so that the stable branch would change to a 6 months release schedule. Did that never go through or was it only

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread John Hasler
Lisi writes: I am just sorry that they have changed it at all. Ubuntu now has 5 year support for its long term supported version. Such a pity that Debian is going the other way. Support beyond Stable is on a best effort basis. If enough people were willing to actually work on it I'm sure a

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 09:49 -0500, John Hasler wrote: Lisi writes: I am just sorry that they have changed it at all. Ubuntu now has 5 year support for its long term supported version. Such a pity that Debian is going the other way. Support beyond Stable is on a best effort basis. If

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi: I am just sorry that they have changed it at all. Ubuntu now has 5 year support for its long term supported version. Such a pity that Debian is going the other way. :-( This comparison is a bit unfair since Ubuntu officially only supports its main repository which is, as far as I

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 17:02 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 09:49 -0500, John Hasler wrote: Lisi writes: I am just sorry that they have changed it at all. Ubuntu now has 5 year support for its long term supported version. Such a pity that Debian is going the other

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-25 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Jochen Spieker m...@well-adjusted.de wrote: And, BTW, Desktop LTS support lasts only for 3 years, not 5. It's been pushed up to 5 years with 12.04. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Reading/posting to Debian mailing lists (was: Re: Fwd: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft)

2012-06-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
feelings but won't repeat because I alredy commented on this thread what are my thoughts on this. FWIW sometime ago I posted the links to the archive at LAU, the OP of the UEFI thread might take a look there: Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf To: linux

Fwd: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-22 Thread Harshad Joshi
For some reasons i am not able to get debian members response in my mailbox to my query posted on mailing list. So i have written a brief post about UEFI, Canonical and Microsoft over here - http://harshad.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/the-ghost-of-uefi-and-micr00ft/ Canonical too has some plans

Re: Fwd: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-22 Thread John Hasler
Harshad Joshi writes: Lot of PC/laptop/tablets in 2012 and beyond will have UEFI instead of good old bios. Bad old bios. Very bad. It was designed for 8080s and floppy disks. It was excellent for that environment but it has been obsolete for decades. Will Debian community fight against

Reading/posting to Debian mailing lists (was: Re: Fwd: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft)

2012-06-22 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:26:17 +0530, Harshad Joshi wrote: For some reasons i am not able to get debian members response in my mailbox to my query posted on mailing list. (...) Most of the Debian mailing lists are open, meaning there's no need for users who want to post to be subscribed. To

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-20 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Camaleón. Thank You for Your support and assistance for Deb. users! You worte: We don't have to hold for those horrible things anymore. We need to develop our own way. If we remain at the commands of MS we will be doing it wrong. I agree w/ You. Debian is outstanding

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
based board) without UEFI that can be disabled - but I support devices that can be made to *only* run signed code *provided* MS is *not* the certificate agency. Would that mean anybody who wants to build their own kernel would need to buy a signing key? -miles For a UEFI that conforms

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
Correction On 11/06/12 12:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: snipped add your own key to the UEFI... apparently that would *require you typing it in* (256 characters). I can't confirm that as I had first hand access to the W8 pad, could be a bum steer. :-( Nothing in the published specs to show

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 06:20:12PM -0700, Weaver wrote: After all this time, he still doesn't understand that the free/open source software movement works for itself. He has a bit of an axe to grind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-09 Thread Weaver
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 06:20:12PM -0700, Weaver wrote: After all this time, he still doesn't understand that the free/open source software movement works for itself. He has a bit of an axe to grind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-09 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 09 Jun 01:15 -0500, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 06:20:12PM -0700, Weaver wrote: After all this time, he still doesn't understand that the free/open source software movement works for itself. He has a bit of an axe to grind.

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Claudius Hubig
A can be only be signed by one entity (1) and driver B can only be signed by 2, but if you have both the public keys of 1 and 2 in your UEFI keystore, you can load driver A and driver B. Of course, it is also possible to distribute variants A' and A'' signed by 2 and 3. Best regards, Claudius -- I

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 05:26:30AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: The handling for the end user is optimized to fit to the needs of Windows end users. Slavko already has written that Windows end users don't compile Windows kernels, but Linux end users do. No we don't. That hasn't been generally

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 06:21:46AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 05:26:30AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: The handling for the end user is optimized to fit to the needs of Windows end users. Slavko already has written that Windows end users don't compile Windows kernels,

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Roger Leigh
. Yes. And no. I'd hate to see a situation where it was impossible to buy an ARM (or other CPU based board) without UEFI that can be disabled - but I support devices that can be made to *only* run signed code *provided* MS is *not* the certificate agency. Would that mean anybody who

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Fri, 8 Jun 2012 06:21:46 -0400 Carl Fink c...@finknetwork.com napísal: On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 05:26:30AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: The handling for the end user is optimized to fit to the needs of Windows end users. Slavko already has written that Windows end users don't

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 09:36:32PM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Roger Leigh rle...@codelibre.net wrote: Let's be clear what this is.  I have to get *permission* from someone else, to run a program on my own computer.  To actually use my computer to do

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Mika Suomalainen
? No? Looks like I lost the freedom to have any semblance of control over my own hardware. You have the freedom to either: a.) Disable Secure Boot and run your own kernel or b.) Generate your own signing key, sign your own kernel, and load your own key into your system's UEFI. You have

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 23:34 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: Let's be clear what this is.  I have to get *permission* from someone else, to run a program on my own computer.  To actually use my computer to do my stuff, I

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Christofer C. Bell
of US laws, such as the prohibition to share hardware and software with some countries the US government doesn't like. They're not Linux keys sold by Microsoft they're UEFI secure boot signing keys sold by Microsoft and one Linux distributor has purchased one to use. Fedora also has the option

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Miles Bader mi...@gnu.org wrote: Christofer C. Bell christofer.c.b...@gmail.com writes: Would that mean anybody who wants to build their own kernel would need to buy a signing key? Not at all.  You can generate your own key and load it into your UEFI.  It's

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 06:21 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 05:26:30AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: The handling for the end user is optimized to fit to the needs of Windows end users. Slavko already has written that Windows end users don't compile Windows kernels, but Linux

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Miles Bader
Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com writes: You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM. ... which is a great deal more worrying. Yes. And no. I'd hate to see a situation where it was impossible to buy an ARM (or other CPU based board) without UEFI that can

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 05:21 -0400, Tom H wrote: Consider banking. Online-banking already is impossible for me, regarding to a technology the German Postbank is using. I once enabled it, then disabled it and now me and even the Postbank admins are unable to enable online-banking again. They

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 19:04 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/06/12 18:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 05 iun 12, 20:26:03, Slavko wrote: in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me, that it

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
. there will be something similar to a jailbreak for Apple, that enables to disable UEFI, even if it can't be disabled by a BIOS option for Intel, ASUS and other boards. At least hardware alterations will be available, comparable to Mac clones. There always will be a way to get Linux running on a PC

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 06 iun 12, 13:04:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: I sincerely doubt it. Although I guess it depends on what you mean by via the network. Worms that infect like SQL Slammer are relatively rare, AFAIK most malware get in via drive-by downloads, or intentional installation of programs that are

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
OT: On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:41 +, Camaleón wrote: Windows users with secure boot enabled who want to boot a different OS should ask MS how to do it, don't you think? They have paid for what they have installed. IIRC it's not allowed to run a Linux on the same machine, beside a Windows,

Re: [OT] Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-07 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 06 iun 12, 13:04:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: I sincerely doubt it. Although I guess it depends on what you mean by via the network. Worms that infect like SQL Slammer are relatively rare, AFAIK most malware get

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