On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:36:47 +0100 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 10:31:20AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > > What happens if you try and boot an unsigned image? I assume the > > error you get is up to the BIOS folks? So, it could be misleading, > > confusing, depressing or all three. It may be that people will see > > just "Failed to secure boot" and think there's something wrong with > > Fedora. They may not even be looking for a bios option. They may > > burn or download multiple media in an attempt to get it working. > > All kinds of possible issues... ;( > > Per spec the machine simply falls back to attempting to execute the > next entry in the boot list. An implementation may provide some > feedback that that's the case, but there's no requirement for it to > do so, so it's perfectly valid for it to just fall back to booting > Windows with no notification. Right. so: "Hey, my new Fedora 18 dvd doesn't boot. I guess I'll download it again. Huh. Still doesn't work. I've made 2 coasters, this Fedora thing sucks!" <goes on irc, searches google> "Oh? I have to _disable_ secure boot? I don't want my PC to boot insecurely. Forget it". > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:57:37 +0200 Kevin Kofler > <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The error message back in the day also didn't say "disable Plug and > Play in the BIOS", it said something like "kernel panic: bad IRQ", I > don't remember exactly, but it most definitely wasn't more helpful. > Search engines are your friend. :-) Yeah, I recall. I don't want those days back... kevin
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