Anno domini 2020 Wed, 15 Jul 21:35:31 -0700 William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > On Wednesday 15 July 2020 17:17:54 Felmon Davis wrote: > > greets! > > > > I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity on. > > > > 'Secure Boot' is turned on. maybe this doesn't account for the > > problems I'm having but my question is about it. > > > > in the BIOS I can turn it off but it says doing so "requires platform > > reset." turning it off within Windows simply reboots to the BIOS. > > > > I can't figure out if this is just another word for 'reboot' > > or does it have other consequences? googling yields no clear (or > > trustworthy) answer. > > > > it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends > > version 300. > > > > f. > > Hail, Felmon! > > I believe that the "platform" refers to Windoze, Linux or the rotten Apple, > etc. Some software is called cross-platform, meaning that it works on > different systems, so "platform reset" would seem to mean that you must > install a different OS. > > Be careful, though. I have a friend who bricked a brand-new laptop trying to > install Linux on a system with UEFI. > > This question is to myself, as well, as I am looking for a good deal on a > laptop, and want to do the same. I feel sure that somebody on the Trinity > mailing list will have more experience in this matter. > > Fortunately I know "a guy" who knows his way around these traps. And I > remember that he had a flash drive specially designed for resetting the > platform, or getting past the UEFI or whatever. When I see him again -- > probably in the next few days -- I will try to find out more, and maybe get > myself a clone of his flash drive. (If possible, I will share the contents of > that flash drive, or provide references so others can get their own.) > > Don't proceed until you are sure here. It's better to wait than to end up with > a paperweight. > > Bill You should be able to boot the installer with secureboot enabled. If not, you'll have to disable it and m aybe "repair" windows. Might be that it'll delete the contents of the efi boot partition, might be it does not. Anyway, who needs windows? Nik > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...