[ale] Linux on UEFI mother boards

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

On 9/24/2013 7:10 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
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> "Michael B. Trausch"<mbt at naunetcorp.com>  wrote:
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>> On 09/24/2013 04:49 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
>>      
>>> Any light y'all can shine though this dark MafiaSoft punk thug
>>> corporapist nightmare corruption would be appreciated.
>>>        
>> You can either disable Secure Boot (part of the UEFI specification, not
>> a proprietary extension) and simply boot any UEFI system, or you can
>> get
>> installers for Ubuntu and Fedora that are Secure Boot-enabled and be
>> able to take advantage of the security benefits which entail (proof
>> that
>> the boot loader and kernel are "legit" is useful even on Linux
>> systems).
>>
>> That said, any compliant firmware should have the ability to disable
>> Secure Boot right out of the box.  If you want a board that doesn't
>> have
>> secure boot, I can recommend the 970A-G46 from MSI, which I have been
>> using for a while now.  I don't know if you can get it anymore,
>> actually, but if you can, it runs Fedora just fine.  (I haven't used
>> Ubuntu in long enough that I don't know about it on this system.)  BSD
>> systems also seem to boot and run just fine on it, though not with all
>> of the board's functionality enabled.
>>
>>     --- Mike
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> I would also add my support for MSI boards.  I've been using them for about 4 years and they've worked well for me.  I've used their 790fx-gd70 and their 890fxa-gd70 in desktop builds and they run either Win 7 or Ubuntu or Mint just fine.  These particular boards are older and probably discontinued.
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> Windows 7, by the way, does not require secure boot.
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> Disclaimer #1, I have not installed Windows 8 and probably won't.
> Disclaimer #2, I've never built a system with a UEFI motherboard.
>
> However, based on my reading, I think Windows 8 requires secure boot.
>
> If the client were to want to upgrade to Windows 8 and dual boot with an OS that cannot secure boot, that could cause a problem.  I could be wrong on that, but you might want to investigate.  In that case, you might HAVE to get a UEFI motherboard.
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> If you did need to boot an OS that requires secure boot like Windows 8, you might need to make sure the Linux also can secure boot, so the user never has to tinker with the bios to do his dual booting thing.
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> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
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>    

PS  I did a minimal amount of research and ran across this.  This 
appears to be cram packed with info.  Worth a look.  Talks a good bit 
about linux.

http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/

Ron


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