From: Sid S <r030t1@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:03:41 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAD4mYij5WoES-R79fv_v_XLsKYOXBoyKH98jJZ+Y3Bw_2iq0w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141220000137.504b09b8@digimed.co.uk>
> I still use GRUB to boot ISO images, and have a sysrescd image in /boot
> for this. With UEFI, you can have more than one bootloader installed. I
> hadn't considered the possibility of UEFI booting to an ISO directly, I'd
> be interested to know if it is possible.
Typically one takes the contents of the iso, places that on a partition,
and then makes it bootable with grub. I'm not sure you can boot the iso
directly.
>> Finally, what's your opinion on 'secure boot'?
>
> That the main security is is aimed at is job security for MS employees. I
> turn it off straight away.
It is not a completely stupid idea. When it is adequately supported it is
something I intend to use. It is possible (unless I misunderstood
something) to provide your own keys and sign your own OS partition.
Anyway, I am kind of surprised people are still having problems with UEFI.
It's necessary to turn SecureBoot off, but otherwise I just got everything to
work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-20 2:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-19 15:22 [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts Mick
2014-12-19 15:46 ` Todd Goodman
2014-12-19 16:12 ` Mick
2014-12-19 17:33 ` Todd Goodman
2014-12-20 16:56 ` Tom H
2014-12-20 19:40 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-21 11:38 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-21 14:28 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-21 14:45 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-20 0:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-12-20 2:03 ` Sid S [this message]
2014-12-20 3:30 ` Rich Freeman
2014-12-20 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-12-20 16:34 ` Daniel Frey
2014-12-20 16:52 ` Tom H
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