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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:38:58 +0000
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 11:24:17PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> >
> > 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.

No, in the general case the system will do that once it fails to find a 
bootable OS on the drive.

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