On Monday 26 Sep 2011 21:26:03 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > >I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on > >PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate > >some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, then add it to the BIOS > >firmware and flash the BIOS with it before we are able to boot into it? > > > >Is it more complicated than that? > > how are you going to write to the bios if it doesn't let you? > > maybe you are determined enough to manually flash the chip every time > you update grub but i think thats a buzzkill for >90% of the users ;)
Yes, I meant flash it of course. Just as I started getting worried about having to roll an initramfs every other day in the near future, now I will also have to be reflashing my BIOS! Ha, ha, ha! I used to build and blueprint my own engines (cars and motorbikes). Then gradually cars became electronic appliances, locked down to the extent where engine modifications became difficult and expensive to implement. I fear that PCs and before that laptops may be heading the same way. :-( -- Regards, Mick
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