Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Mon Nov 05 2012 - 14:16:13 EST


Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 11:24:17PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >
>> > That is a hugely different thing from needing a console.
>>
>> Not at all.
>>
>> In the general case user intereaction is required to tell the system to
>> boot off of your choosen boot media instead of the local hard drive.
>
> No, in the general case the system will do that once it fails to find a
> bootable OS on the drive.

In the general case there will be a bootable OS on the drive.

Eric

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