Hi, What do you mean by telling "if UEFI is active you can't run dmidecode". What happens when you run "dmidecode" on a console of a machine where UEFI is active? do you get an an error ? rgs Kevin On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin Wilson wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Is there a way to know without entering BIOS, whether your machine >> supoports >> UEFI or not ? I would appreciate if someone with a machine with UEFI >> support will check whether when running "dmidecode" you see UEFI in the >> output. >> > Based purely on what I have observed, as opposed to standards, claims, or > official pronouncements (which may be more correct), if you can boot Linux > now you do not have a UEFI enabled system. > > I have seen claims that FC18 will boot on UEFI, based on a sample size of > one and Live-CD (x86_64) booting off a USB thumb drive, that is not the > case. It seems that UEFI is not required to recognize the token MS sold > Linux, so some don't. > > If UEFI is active you can't run dmidecode, so the question may boil down to > if anything shows when UEFI is present but not enabled, like SElinux in > advicory mode. > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > > -- > 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 -- 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
