[ale] Linux on UEFI mother boards

[Chris Ricker]

On 9/24/13 5:22 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> 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).
>

A lot of the currentish server-class gear from major vendors has options 
to select between UEFI and legacy BIOS modes. I've got Dell and Cisco 
servers that offer that, and have seen that on HP

The legacy BIOS mode is also useful because it (or a relatively simple 
patch) is needed to manage the servers from cobbler due to UEFI changing 
the VCI presented during PXE boot

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