On 13/03/2015, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@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 .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8PFt3d2ic3KUFi+0xWBKWcaZMLu_T1+m9VxNq=oqgz...@mail.gmail.com
