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SubjectRe: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support
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This is not a good thing to assume.  A vendor could have an external button, gor example.

ebiederm@xmission.com wrote:

>"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
>
>> On 11/05/2012 07:14 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>>
>>> In any case the notion that unattended install with no user
>interaction
>>> on any uefi machine in any state is complete and total rubbish. It
>>> can't be done. You need power and you need boot media.
>>>
>>
>> That is a hugely different thing from needing a console.
>
>Not at all.
>
>In the general case user intereaction is required to tell the system to
>boot off of your choosen boot media instead of the local hard drive.
>
>Eric

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