On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:36:47 +0100
Matthew Garrett <mjg59(a)srcf.ucam.org> 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(a)chello.at> 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