Re: Debian 7 and UEFI/GPT
On 13/03/2015, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Bret Busby (bret.busby@gmail.com):
>> The <F2> Setup Utility displays, in the Title Bar, "InsydeH20 Setup
>> Utility Rev. 3.7".
>>
>> The solution, at this stage, appears to be to use the <F2> Setup, to
>> change between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes, thence to select which
>> operating system, I want to boot.
>>
>> I believe that, unless and until the "InsydeH20 Setup Utility" is
>> upgraded, to allow the UEFI -> Secure Boot Mode to be turned off,
>> and/or, the Boot modes to include provision of the stated "Dual type"
>> Boot Mode, the solution that I have described, is the only available
>> solution, to allow me to boot into any one of the three installed
>> operating systems mentioned above.
>
> I'm glad you're now able to choose which OS to run albeit with the
> major inconvenience of having to switch UEFI on and off.
> But to progress on the issue, I fear you are in deeper and more
> dangerous areas than are discussed or supported here.
>
> I guess you have probably read such pages as
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface
> where these issues are touched upon.
>
On that web page in the paragraph with the heading "Secure boot", is
"
Secure boot is supported by Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, FreeBSD,
and a number of Linux distributions including Fedora, OpenSuse, and
Ubuntu.[42]
"
Conspicuous by its absence, is Debian Linux.
Also, further down that web page, is
"
The distribution Ubuntu added support for UEFI secure boot as of
version 12.10.[67]
"
Does Debian Linux 7 support UEFI "Secure boot"?
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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