Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-09 Thread duh
OOPS I apparently replied directly to tuulen. I am now trying to copy that reply to the list. Sorry for the confusion. === [OOOPS! I am replying to you directly and not to the list. At this point I will try to send a second copy to th

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-08 Thread Joe
On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 22:46:02 -0400 tuulen wrote: > Hi, > I am an ordinary GUI and mouse computer user, not a command line > user. But I want to get away from both Apple and Microsoft. I spent > a lot of time looking into Linux, Unix, BSD, and eventually I > discovered Debian. And because I like

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-08 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 08/06/2019 à 04:46, tuulen a écrit : I was in the process of partitioning my hard drive to install Debian when I encountered a couple of UEFI complications. My HP Laptop with Windows 10 does not offer a way to disable the "secure boot" feature of UEFI, so that makes Debian off limits. I am

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread Felix Miata
tuulen composed on 2019-06-07 22:46 (UTC-0400): > Any computer model suggestions? "Model" has a peculiar mix of meanings among PC manufacturers and users. The major brands seem to like confusing users by providing multiple submodels of the same model and calling the submodels models. The submod

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread David Christensen
On 6/7/19 7:46 PM, tuulen wrote: Hi, I am an ordinary GUI and mouse computer user, not a command line user. But I want to get away from both Apple and Microsoft. I spent a lot of time looking into Linux, Unix, BSD, and eventually I discovered Debian. And because I like to know the details of w

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread deloptes
tuulen wrote: > Hi, > I am an ordinary GUI and mouse computer user, not a command line user. > But I want to get away from both Apple and Microsoft.  I spent a lot of > time looking into Linux, Unix, BSD, and eventually I discovered Debian. > And because I like to know the details of what I am d

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread David
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 13:03, tuulen wrote: > > My HP Laptop with Windows 10 does not offer a way to disable the "secure > boot" feature of UEFI Hi, more information from you might produce more useful replies :) If you state the specific model of your laptop and BIOS version, it would create a p

Re: UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread Peter Ehlert
HP works, I have 5 HP machines at this time, all running Debian. "secure boot" does not exist on any of them. I do Not use UEFI, only Legacy Boot. Never figured it out or saw an urgent need to use it. BIOS/UEFI menus are all different, even on similar models and makes. there are a number of artic

UEFI beginner questions

2019-06-07 Thread tuulen
Hi, I am an ordinary GUI and mouse computer user, not a command line user. But I want to get away from both Apple and Microsoft. I spent a lot of time looking into Linux, Unix, BSD, and eventually I discovered Debian. And because I like to know the details of what I am doing I also discovered th