Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-06 Thread Steve Dowe
On 02/06/12 18:11, Joe Zeff wrote: ... please don't call me "Shirley." Cigarette? :-) -- Steve Dowe Warp Universal Limited http://warp2.me/sd -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/use

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-04 Thread Thibault Nélis
On 06/02/2012 07:11 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Changing it in the UEFI interface before boot sounds much more reasonable, A post in the other thread suggests that I might be wrong BTW, or at least that it would depend on the vendor. but please don't call me "Shirley." Roger, roger. -- t -- users

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/02/2012 08:51 AM, Thibault Nélis wrote: Surely you can access the UEFI firmware interface before the boot loader, just like the BIOS SETUP yes. Changing it in the UEFI interface before boot sounds much more reasonable, but please don't call me "Shirley." -- users mailing list users@list

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Thibault Nélis
On 06/02/2012 05:50 PM, Steve Dowe wrote: Does anyone know if the signed bootloader must be executed first before Secure Book can be disabled? Or would one just enter a BIOS-like config screen before any disc activity and disable it? Surely you can access the UEFI firmware interface before the

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Steve Dowe
On 02/06/12 14:25, Chris Adams wrote: Since the Microsoft Windows 8 certification requires that the UEFI firmware (not BIOS) support disabling Secure Boot by the user on x86 systems, I don't think you'll find many (if any) systems that don't support disabling Secure Boot. Does anyone know i

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Alan Cox
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:11:38 +0200 Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 02.06.2012, Edward M wrote: > > >so i guess i wont have too. just disabled secure boot and fedora 18 will > > be like regular fedora.:-) > > Are there machines which contain a BIOS which doesn't allow disabling > this? In this case,

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Heinz Diehl said: > On 02.06.2012, Edward M wrote: > >so i guess i wont have too. just disabled secure boot and fedora 18 will > > be like regular fedora.:-) > > Are there machines which contain a BIOS which doesn't allow disabling > this? In this case, you're hosed.. Sinc

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 02.06.2012, Edward M wrote: >so i guess i wont have too. just disabled secure boot and fedora 18 will > be like regular fedora.:-) Are there machines which contain a BIOS which doesn't allow disabling this? In this case, you're hosed.. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Edward M
On 06/02/2012 02:28 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 02/06/12 10:30, Edward M wrote: Hi, Where can i sumit a proposal to Fedora/Redhat to also release a Fedora 18 without secure boot for users who know how to disable it in the BIOS and for users who has systems without secure boot? Not speaking for

Re: proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Frank Murphy
On 02/06/12 10:30, Edward M wrote: Hi, Where can i sumit a proposal to Fedora/Redhat to also release a Fedora 18 without secure boot for users who know how to disable it in the BIOS and for users who has systems without secure boot? Not speaking for others but iḿ sure many will not like having

proposal to Fedora/Redhat for fedora 18

2012-06-02 Thread Edward M
Hi, Where can i sumit a proposal to Fedora/Redhat to also release a Fedora 18 without secure boot for users who know how to disable it in the BIOS and for users who has systems without secure boot? Not speaking for others but iḿ sure many will not like having the kernel ,moduels locked and co