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Rescue system?

Posted Jun 6, 2012 6:13 UTC (Wed) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427)
Parent article: Fedora, secure boot, and an insecure future

So, what is the procedure for rescuing a system under secure boot? IIUC there is no way one can fix the operating system, file system, or bootloader after something goes wrong. Maybe not a problem for perfect operating systems such as Windows, but what if I misconfigured my Linux box?

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Rescue system?

Posted Jun 6, 2012 17:28 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

I suppose a system that won't boot is completely secure against boot-time malware. Not too useful though.

Rescue system?

Posted Jun 6, 2012 19:02 UTC (Wed) by pjones (guest, #31722) [Link]

You use a rescue image with a signed bootloader, or you disable Secure Boot temporarily to fix the problem.