Internet reports that I'm 1-of-many victims, failing to run linux on new/cheap laptops. Eg. quad-Atom; connex L1470. What is syslinux's recomended method to overcome <WinTel's UEFI lockout> using a USBbootStik ? Are wifi drivers: RTL8723BS for linux available yet ? ==TIA.
On Sunday, December 8, 2019, 07:42:43, eas lab via Syslinux wrote:> Internet reports that I'm 1-of-many victims, failing to run linux > on new/cheap laptops. Eg. quad-Atom; connex L1470. > What is syslinux's recomended method to overcome <WinTel's UEFI > lockout> using a USBbootStik ?Syslinux should work fine with UEFI (it does for me), and if for some reason you can't disable secure boot, download the Linux Foundation UEFI pre-loader (to use it, rename syslinux' bootx64.efi to loader.efi, rename Foundation's preloader.efi to bootx64.efi and place hashtool.efi in the same directory as bootx64.efi and loader.efi; the first time you boot, HashTool will be started, select Enroll hash and then loader.efi, then Exit, and Syslinux will start). -- < Jernej Simon?i? ><><><><>< https://eternallybored.org/ > Where there's a will, there's a won't. -- Law of Inertia
> On Sunday, December 8, 2019, 07:42:43, eas lab via Syslinux wrote: > > > Internet reports that I'm 1-of-many victims, failing to run linux on > > new/cheap laptops. Eg. quad-Atom; connex L1470. What is syslinux's > > recomended method to overcome <WinTel's UEFI lockout> using a > > USBbootStik ? > > Syslinux should work fine with UEFI (it does for me), and if for some > reason you can't disable secure boot, download the Linux Foundation UEFI > pre-loader (to use it, rename syslinux' bootx64.efi to loader.efi, > rename Foundation's preloader.efi to bootx64.efi and place hashtool.efi > in the same directory as bootx64.efi and loader.efi; the first time you > boot, HashTool will be started, select Enroll hash and then loader.efi, > then Exit, and Syslinux will start).My guess is that we are talking about UEFI IA32, not UEFI X64. I would suggest trying with 6.04-pre1 from Debian Sid. Regards, Ady. PS (off-topic): @Jernej, I sent you a private email. I hope that's OK.