On 15/07/2015, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Last I heard, debian was not participating in any of the initiatives > to get officially microsoft-signed signatures for kernels. I've been > out of the community for a few months, so I haven't kept up with this, > but quick searches don't reveal a change in policy. > > (And I am definitely not arguing for a change in policy, for anyone > who might misread me.) > > I have a netbook that allows secure boot to be disabled. As long as I > don't need to boot MSWindows, I just disable secure boot. (I don't > perceive any real advantage in Microsoft's implementation, anyway.) > > But I have some work coming up that requires dual-booting MSWindows, > and I also might want to use debian (rather than Ubuntu or Fedora) as > a host for developing for Android. > > (I am able to boot openbsd from an outboard USB3 drive and keep it > running long enough to build a snapshot release. That's roughly a day, > plus or minus a few hours. So I have one good option. But I'd really > prefer not to spend too much time running the OS itself from an > outboard device whose connection can slip or get noisy from oxidation > so easily.) > > So, I'd like to ask those who for whatever reason dual-boot debian > with MSWindows on a modern MSW8/10 compliant box, what do you do about > keys? > > And I'm also interested in war stories relative to (dual) booting from > GPT partitions. >
I suggest that you search the archives regarding this - I believe that it has been extensively discussed, this year. On this computer, I have MSWin8 installed via UEFI, and Debian 6 and 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 installed via Legacy BIOS. on a GPT system. Each has booted without significant problems, the Linux installations booting using GRUB. -- 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/cacx6j8mwwmra-_gvmcnqq9hea2flrd2eu9jx0tgvpi0ezdy...@mail.gmail.com
