-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/19/2012 06:43 PM, JD wrote: > > > The question I have is, can the buyer simply choose NOT to > use uefi (i.e. blow it off the system) and boot any OS of choice > which will not insist on the presence of any UEFI? > I think the answer to this question is more important as it provides > an "opt-out" choice to the consumer. > > If I understand things correctly, UEFI takes the place of the BIOS, so you have to use UEFI to boot. So it would be blowing off the BIOS. Would it be possible to replace the stock UEFI with an open source version like you can replace the stock BIOS with an open source version on some motherboards? That may be something to look into. I am not sure what hoops you have to jump through to change/upgrade the UEFI image... Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlBacPoACgkQqbQrVW3JyMRrHwCfdO6TU3WspSGVpbvVJm6vTPRh YCgAn1p3zU9YwXD2DzlA7dDOKIKTzEaE =Pu1R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
