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Albert W. Hopkins wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:15 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> So buy a mobo without it or that can disable it. Got it. It'll be a |
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>> good while before I buy a new mobo tho. I'm sure they will have a |
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>> nice |
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>> fix by then but this is something I need to remember just in |
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>> case. ;-) |
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> Ok, I'll bite... |
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> It depends on who makes your system. For example, I've got a new |
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> laptop, with UEFI BIOS and SATA HDD, but if you go in the UEFI settings |
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> and change a couple of settings, you'll be able to boot into DOS. Why? |
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> Because, surprisingly, they still have quite a few corporate customers |
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> that need to use DOS. So if you can boot DOS you can boot Linux. |
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> Some manufacturers still provide firmware and BIOS updates via DOS boot |
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> cds. If you can boot from a non-signed CD, you can boot Linux. Some |
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> manufactures still consider it a competitive advantage to offer |
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> "fast-boot" linux-based firmware. Likely those would be able to be |
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> manipulated in order to to boot Linux from disk. |
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> On the server side, I don't think there is any major server manufacturer |
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> dumb enough to sell a system not capable of running Linux. |
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> In short, it's probably less of a problem then than people make it out |
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> to be. It's akin to the old(?) days when Broadcom cards didn't work |
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> with Linux. The solution is always simple: don't buy a system that has |
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> a Broadcom card. |
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Well, I build my rigs and no laptops either. Basically, if this does |
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come to pass, I'll just buy a mobo that allows it to be turned off or |
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one that doesn't have it at all. |
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I think the mobo should have a way to disable it hardware wise as well. |
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Maybe a jumper or something. I know I'm not a majority here but I don't |
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have and never have had windows. So, if some people are forced to |
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chose, M$ could lose some more users. There are quite a few people that |
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use windows only to play games and Linux for everything else. What's |
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that ole saying about shooting yourself in the foot? lol |
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Well, my current rig will last me for a few years I hope. Maybe it will |
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be dealt with by then. Jeez, initramfs crap and this all in about a |
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month. What will happen next month? Oh, /home has to be on / too. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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