Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB
Date	2023-02-23 12:15 +0100
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On 2023-02-22 07:38, 25B.E866 wrote:
> On 2/21/23 5:53 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 21/02/2023 08:39, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>> "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> writes:
>>>> On 2/19/23 9:21 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>>> "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> writes:
>>>>>> On 2/18/23 9:21 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>>>>> "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> writes:
>>>>>>>>      Most modern bootable USBs also incorporate
>>>>>>>>      a UEFI (a M$ abomination) partition a the
>>>>>>>>      very start. You, kinda, CAN fake that with
>>>>>>>>      gparted - create a FAT-32 part at the very
>>>>>>>>      beginning, but it's not guarenteed to work
>>>>>>>>      since special code needs to be loaded INTO
>>>>>>>>      the little partition.
>>>>>>> It’s an industry-wide design, not unique to Microsoft.
>>>>>>     But it was a M$-driven PLOT - mostly to hurt Linux.
>>>>> The chip on your shoulder is obscuring your view.
>>>>
>>>>    Ummmm ... not so SURE about that !  :-)
>>>
>>> Well, it’s been more than a decade and here I am with Linux on multiple
>>> hosts with secure boot enabled. When is this supposed plot going to pay
>>> off?
> 
> 
>    When they WANT it to !  :-)
> 
>    WHY do all boards have UEFI and "secure boot" and
>    such these days - when it all worked perfectly
>    well before ? Because M$ *told* them to. If M$
>    wants it - they GET it. Their history DOES suggest
>    evil intents .........


No, it hasn't.

There were vulnerabilities out there, exploited, perverting the boot 
process. Specially on corporate environments. They also need methods 
blocking employees from booting anything else but the provided by their 
IT department software.

I will not say that UEFI and secure boot solve the issue. I do not know. 
But it is the right direction.

And in fact UEFI makes multibooting easier.

And no, M$ can not block other oses. Not in Europe, at least. It may 
happen in a particular computer make, so just buy a different one.


...
-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-15 23:01 +0100
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2023-02-15 22:11 +0000
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-15 16:34 -0800
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2023-02-16 10:59 +0200
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2023-02-15 20:11 -0500
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 03:38 -0500
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-18 09:59 +0000
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:04 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2023-02-18 23:34 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 11:25 +0000
          Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-19 12:50 +0100
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 14:30 +0000
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-18 12:29 +0100
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:15 -0500
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-18 14:21 +0000
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:24 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-19 12:26 +0100
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 14:21 +0000
          Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-20 21:53 -0500
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 08:39 +0000
              Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 10:53 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 11:42 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 01:08 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 01:38 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-23 12:15 +0100
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-23 13:16 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-23 21:27 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-24 09:20 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-24 14:03 +0100
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 10:38 +0000
              Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-21 19:12 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 13:26 +0000
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-21 22:30 -0800

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