On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 21:08, Howard Gibson via talk
wrote:
>
>That file exists on my system, and I bought it as a motherboard and
> processor.
>
Maybe your motherboard BIOS came with a Windows licence? I don't know all
the ways it can get embedded there.
Either way, if you start the
This is a follow on from my talk back November. Which at the GTALUG this
evening I gave a small follow up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwESAjUBuj0
At the end of the original talk I discussed having issue with electrical
isolation on the USB serial adapter. I've since solved that with an
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:42:47 -0400
Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
>
> Stewart
Stewart,
That file exists on my system, and I bought it as
Thanks Steward! That was a nice find!
Giles,
You can download Windows iso direct from Microsoft:
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
Finding a Windows 7 or 8 iso takes some effort, but you can find them
somewhere.
Mauro
https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User:
On 2021-04-13 8:13 p.m., Giles Orr via talk wrote:
I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what
circumstances might one have that file on a linux system?
When you installed Linux on a Windows computer? I wiped Windows, but
the firmware data is still there:
My computer
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 20:13, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
>
> When you installed Linux on a Windows computer? I wiped Windows, but
> the firmware data is still there:
>
Or if it was pre-installed on your computer by the vendor. I don't think
the laptop I bought in 2013 ever ran Windows, but that
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 19:48, Znoteer via talk wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> > If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> > there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
> >
>
> I
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
>
I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what
If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
Stewart
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