On 5/28/19 1:26 PM, stan wrote:
I added this disk to a system that was all BIOS, many years ago, and
didn't want the hassle of dealing with this new thing UEFI. The fact
that my system would be held hostage to a shim from Microsoft didn't sit
well with me, either, though that is probably irrational.
The shim is open-source and not from Microsoft. But it needs to be
signed by them. However, most systems let you add your own signing key
as well.