> On July 13, 2021 at 6:59 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 14/07/2021 06:49, mcgarrett wrote: > >> On July 6, 2021 at 5:29 PM Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 15:01 -0400, mcgarrett wrote: > >>> From the mail, it appears that a software TPM should solve the > >>> problem on older computers, > >>> but it occurs to me that you might not be permitted to install the > >>> software unless > >>> a TPM is found. So, for those who have already tried version 11, has > >>> any one of you > >>> tried installing on an older laptop, and then adding a software TPM, > >>> or is this impossible? --doug > >> As stated earlier, my system doesn´t have a hardware TPM, but adding a > >> software TPM in virt-manager was enough. > >> > >> poc > > Three questions: > > Background: I have Windows 10 on the computer, even tho there are no apps > > on it--I only use Linux. There may someday be a need for Windows? > > Q1: Could you install the win 11 and then add the TPM s/w, or must the TPM > > be on the machine already. > > Q2: If it must be on the machine already, do you install it from a previous > > version of Windows, i.e., Win 10? If not then how? > > Q3: Would you please direct me to the source of the TPM you installed? > > Thank you--doug > > The "software" TPM being talked about is more like TPM emulation. It can be added to > any VM via virt-manager on the "Hardware" screen and using the button in the lower left > to add hardware. > > The TPM can be added to any VM. The one caveat is that the VM must have been created to > boot via UEFI and not BIOS. That option needs to be specified when the VM was created. > > None of my motherboards have a TPM. So I use the emulation. However, if you're motherboard does > have a TPM, I believe there is an option when adding TPM to a VM to use "Pass Thru". > > It isn't possible, AFAIK, to simply change a VM from BIOS to UEFI. > I should apologize! I was thinking of this machine, which is almost new, and probably has the TPM in hardware. It's the laptop that's old, and has Windows 7! Probably just leave it that way. --doug _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
