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On Monday 26 Sep 2011 21:26:03 Jonas de Buhr wrote: |
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> >I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on |
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> >PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate |
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> >some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, then add it to the BIOS |
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> >firmware and flash the BIOS with it before we are able to boot into it? |
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> >Is it more complicated than that? |
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> how are you going to write to the bios if it doesn't let you? |
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> maybe you are determined enough to manually flash the chip every time |
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> you update grub but i think thats a buzzkill for >90% of the users ;) |
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Yes, I meant flash it of course. |
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Just as I started getting worried about having to roll an initramfs every |
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other day in the near future, now I will also have to be reflashing my BIOS! |
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Ha, ha, ha! |
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I used to build and blueprint my own engines (cars and motorbikes). Then |
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gradually cars became electronic appliances, locked down to the extent where |
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engine modifications became difficult and expensive to implement. I fear that |
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PCs and before that laptops may be heading the same way. :-( |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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