Reworking kexec for signatures

Posted Jun 28, 2014 2:14 UTC (Sat) by zlynx (guest, #2285)
In reply to: Reworking kexec for signatures by paulj
Parent article: Reworking kexec for signatures

You aren't doing any "subverting" if you turn it off or change the keys. Windows 8 will not boot until reinstalled and then it won't be in secure mode. So it isn't subverted. It just won't work.

I don't deny that there are some motherboard makers that really truly SUCK at software quality control and won't listen to bug reports about non-Windows operating systems. I just don't like the word "subvert" here.

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Reworking kexec for signatures

Posted Oct 7, 2014 1:48 UTC (Tue) by linuxrocks123 (subscriber, #34648) [Link] (1 responses)

What? Windows won't boot if you disable SecureBoot? That doesn't sound right ... why wouldn't it just warn you you're not in "secure" mode, disable some DRM shite, and be done with it? I never heard before that it required a REINSTALL!

...and I have a fairly recent system which booted Windows once or twice before I bulldozed it and installed Linux. And it booted with not just Secure Boot disabled but with the legacy BIOS support enabled. What systems have you seen that didn't allow this?

Reworking kexec for signatures

Posted Oct 7, 2014 3:36 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

> That doesn't sound right

It's not right.