Re: installing Fedora on ASUS R503U

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 10:29:22 -0600 jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 06/04/2016 10:20 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install Fedora on an old ASUS R503U which came with Windoze8. The boot options in the BIOS have Windoze Boot Manager, Generic USB, etc. My plan is to install Fedora and wipe out the other OS.
> >
> > My question is what I should add to the boot option in the BIOS in lieu of the Windoze Boot Manager. Normally, the bios entries for machines I have previously installed says "Hard Disk" and I never bother with it much. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance and best wishes,
> > Ranjan
> >
> Sounds like it's how MS is getting manufacturers to sabotage the BIOS to 
> discourage users of *nuxes and *nixes and variants.
> Perhaps you can look for an alternate bios and flash it.

One can get and install alternative (generic?) BIOSes? Sorry but this is news to me. Is this what we are looking for?

https://www.coreboot.org/

Ranjan

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