On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
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> On 09/24/16 22:39, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>> I have an ASUS R503U which originally came with a Windoze8.1 installation. I
>> have no need for it so I scrapped it. I also, consequently have no need for
>> EFI.
>>
>> I was wondering if it is r
On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:58:05 -0700 Gordon Messmer
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> On 09/24/2016 10:44 AM, jd1008 wrote:
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> >> Secure Boot should prevent kernel-modifying rootkits, for one.
> > But old PC's do not have uefi in BIOS.
> > So it seems old pc's will not benefit from it???
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> The question was, "ar
On 09/24/2016 10:44 AM, jd1008 wrote:
Secure Boot should prevent kernel-modifying rootkits, for one.
But old PC's do not have uefi in BIOS.
So it seems old pc's will not benefit from it???
The question was, "are there any benefits to UEFI?"
Will PCs that don't have UEFI benefit from UEFI f
On 09/24/2016 10:25 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
I don't know what the last means
It means that Red Hat cryptographically signs the grub bootloader, the
kernel, and kernel modules that ship with Fedora, and they won't be
loaded if they've been modified. A rootkit might modify the kernel, or
a
On 09/24/2016 11:13 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 09/24/2016 08:35 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
Is there any long-term advantage to install on EFI?
Secure Boot should prevent kernel-modifying rootkits, for one.
But old PC's do not have uefi in BIOS.
So it seems old pc's will not benefit from it
On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:13:19 -0700 Gordon Messmer
wrote:
> On 09/24/2016 08:35 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Is there any long-term advantage to install on EFI?
>
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> Secure Boot should prevent kernel-modifying rootkits, for one.
I don't know what the last means (sorry) but I have Secure Boot
On 09/24/2016 08:35 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
Is there any long-term advantage to install on EFI?
Secure Boot should prevent kernel-modifying rootkits, for one.
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:49:29 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>
> On 09/24/16 22:39, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > I have an ASUS R503U which originally came with a Windoze8.1 installation.
> > I have no need for it so I scrapped it. I also, consequently have no need
> > for EFI.
> >
> > I was wondering
On 09/24/16 22:39, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> I have an ASUS R503U which originally came with a Windoze8.1 installation. I
> have no need for it so I scrapped it. I also, consequently have no need for
> EFI.
>
> I was wondering if it is required for me to install Fedora 24 on an EFI
> system. I ca
Hi,
I have an ASUS R503U which originally came with a Windoze8.1 installation. I
have no need for it so I scrapped it. I also, consequently have no need for EFI.
I was wondering if it is required for me to install Fedora 24 on an EFI system.
I can not seem to get out of EFI so maybe what I am l
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