Re: Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops

2013-01-31 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:48 PM, William Ivanski wrote: > > I just have read this: > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html > > And I also found this: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1

Re: Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops

2013-01-31 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 31 January 2013 9:48:45 am you wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just have read this: > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-b >rick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html > > And I also found this: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557 > > It seems

Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops

2013-01-31 Thread William Ivanski
Hi everyone, I just have read this: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html And I also found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557 It seems that kernel's drive "samsung-laptop" can brick