support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed

Linux Foundation support for booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs delayed | ZDNet



Thanks to Microsoft's implementation of secure boot, installing Linux on Windows 8 PCs is tricky. Unfortunately, the Linux Foundation's plan to address this problem has been stalled.


Adventures in Microsoft UEFI Signing | James Bottomley's random Pages

As I explained in my previous post, we have the code for the Linux Foundation pre-bootloader in place. However, there was a delay while we got access to the Microsoft signing system.
 
Oh well, won't lose any sleep. . .:sleepy:
 

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    Win 8, (VM win7, XP, Vista)
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