-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/02/13 07:27, Thomas Backlund wrote: > Johnny A. Solbu skrev 1.2.2013 06:57: >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html >> >> >> >> "Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various Samsung laptops is >> enough to permanently stop them working. Several reports have >> been posted on the Ubuntu bug tracker, but the problem is likely >> to also be present in other Linux distributions, as it appears to >> be caused by a kernel driver for Samsung laptops. Kernel >> developers are currently discussing a change which would disable >> the driver when booting via UEFI." >> >> Mageia is most likely also affected by this. >> > > > Well, sort of... but it's not so "critical" as we dont support > UEFI Installs / boots OOB so far, so people have to to many things > manually to boot in UEFI mode. > I'm trying to understand how users of brand new hardware will manage this.
Have you seen http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/hardware-neutrality-uefi-strikes-again-and-again/4150?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011 ? If even a live CD can toast hardware, where does that leave us? Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlESZtwACgkQj93fyh4cnBfU3gCeP2rsBh2b0egx/6D5QESAZLor kCwAn3EY7+VC2KSYFJdqxHAJXlaSt9Fv =11Kc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
