[BLU/Officers] Windows 8 and UEFI Secure Boot

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

Thanks, Finnbarr.

I've added you to the BLU calendar, at

    http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2013-may

There's also a shorter url for it:

    http://c.blu.org/2013-may



On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Finnbarr P. Murphy <fpm at fpmurphy.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Yes, put me down for May 15th 2013
>
> Lets call the talk "Demystifying UEFI"
>
> Regards
> - Finnbarr
>
>
> On 11/4/2012 5:58 PM, John Abreau wrote:
>>
>> I've already offered April to Brian and Kurt for another Raspberry
>> Pi/Arduino
>> hardware talk.
>>
>> May 15 is still availablet. Finnbarr, shall I put you down for May 15?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info. That is the info I wanted. Ao I assume that a
>>> Windows 8 consumer PC preloaded with Windows 8, will not boot W8 when
>>> UEFI is disabled.
>>>
>>> We'd love to have you. I'm copying JABR so he can schedule you.
>>>
>>> On 11/04/2012 03:19 PM, Finnbarr P. Murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jerry,
>>>>
>>>> Happened to see your posts on BLU mailing list ...
>>>>
>>>> Non-server GA editions of Windows 8 require Secure Boot to be enabled.
>>>> Developer and server editions of Windows 8 on X86 and X64_64 platforms
>>>> do not require Secure Boot.
>>>>
>>>> If BLU members want a detailed presentation on UEFI, the UEFI shell
>>>> and developing command and utilities for the UEFI shell, I could
>>>> present at a meeting in the April to June 2013 timeframe. Just give me
>>>> a couple of months notice.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I work extensively in the UEFI space. See blog.fpmurphy.com.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> - Finnbarr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
>>> Boston Linux and Unix
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>



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