shim | Rufus | |
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20 | 548 | |
794 | 26,835 | |
2.8% | - | |
7.0 | 8.7 | |
3 days ago | 5 days ago | |
C | C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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shim
- Critical bug that exists in every Linux boot loader signed in the past decade
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Signing a UEFI module
Microsoft doesn't really sign other people's code for UEFI. They do sign shim (https://github.com/rhboot/shim) which will look at other keys the user registered with UEFI to load other components to enable you to write custom third party UEFI modules while still supporting secure boot.
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The vendor-locking is for your own safety. Do not resist.
In this case, the distros first boot loader is shim, which is signed by Microsoft. Shim is FOSS: https://github.com/rhboot/shim
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SBAT for rEFInd
How do I get dual boot set up and running? There doesn't seem so much documentation about this sbat chicanery as it was introduced to shim in 2021 and patched in rEFInd a bit more than a month ago, so I suppose not enough people have had this trouble yet.
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Microsoft VS BlackLotus Malware
Secure boot still isn't "secure" at all because microsoft has signed multiple bootloaders with their own keys, which exist only to chain load a second bootloader. See https://github.com/rhboot/shim and https://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/
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First in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot
A new mechanism called SBAT (https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md) is now used to allow revocation of groups of bootloaders rather than individual hashes in order to mitigate the resource consumption
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Ultimate guide to Pop OS secure boot with NVIDIA.
{ echo "sbat,1,SBAT Version,sbat,1,https://github.com/rhboot/shim/blob/main/SBAT.md" echo "systemd-boot,1,systemd,systemd-boot,1,https://systemd.io" } > sbat.csv
- How to add an SBAT section to grub and resign?
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Unable to install Fedora 36 with secure boot enabled.
Yeah, that incident instigated a totally new approach to revoking bad bootloaders that everybody (including Microsoft) should be using nowadays. So I guess HP just never got the memo.
- Invalid image when trying to boot Nobara Project USB image (both Gnome and KDE)
Rufus
- Warn if (Windows ISO) media will no longer be bootable after Q1 2024 (Rufus)
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How to Install Windows 11 On A Device That Does Not Meet Windows 11 Requirements
You can also use Rufus. It has options to customize Windows 11 and one of them is to disable the hardware module requirement.
https://rufus.ie
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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste
You can use Rufus: https://rufus.ie/en/
To modify the ISO to turn off hardware check and TPM support for Windows 11 to install it on an unsupported PC.
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#user-content-Help_...
Besides Linux and BSD Unix there is: https://reactos.org/ https://aros.sourceforge.io/ https://www.haiku-os.org/ and https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
I know some third-world nations still use DOS and the BORLAND DOS compilers because people donate old computers to their nations.
With the right OS, old computers are still usable. Please don't throw them away, e-cycle them so they get used by poor nations that cannot afford new PCs.
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Ventoy
3. NVMe drives may not gracefully handle sudden disconnections, because USB connections are inherently unreliable interfaces prone to physical disruption and loss of power.
If your drive decides to stop showing up, first try loading up the boot device selection screen in the UEFI, and then insert the drive. It may take several seconds to show up. If trying that a few times doesn’t work, the drive may be stuck in a bad state, and might be recovered with the power cycle technique https://dfarq.homeip.net/fix-dead-ssd/
Always set up automatic backups if you actually have non-replaceable data on the drive. They can and will just suddenly die forever with loss of all data, just like thumb drives. You have been warned.
All that said, there are generally less issues if you are simply putting ventoy on it to install from a loaded iso.
I have a dual raid1 sata enclosure that I use to boot a windows to go install created with Rufus (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus), which makes testing and benchmarking so much nicer to deal with. I’ve even stuck games on it, and other than relative filesystem slowness it works pretty great.
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Tried to create a RAID 1 array without researching properly
The author has extensive documentation and tutorial content. First steps: download CD image, download Rufus (http://rufus.ie), write the image to the flash drive, remember that this will clear the data on the flash drive and it will not be recoverable.
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I reset my pc but it only boots up with my EXTERNAL HDD INSTEAD OF SSD
Seems like you're an absolute newbie. Well, here is the website: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus Direct download link Youtube guide to create a bootable pen-drive
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Terrible CPU & GPU utilization (need help!!!)
You can use that to create a bootable usb stick using rufus: https://rufus.ie
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Need help with USB bootloading
Note: Once you have created the "persistent partition" on the pedrive (you can use Rufus),during the Ubuntu installation you have to select that partition as your /home
- Installed new hd cant get windows to load iso
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I flashed a usb for a bootable os, now it won't show up when plugged in and i can't boot to it.
Download rufus portable https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v4.1/rufus-4.1p.exe
What are some alternatives?
tpm-km - yet another pack of scripts for TPM2+Luks
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
tpm-luks
shredos.x86_64 - Shredos Disk Eraser 64 bit for all Intel 64 bit processors as well as processors from AMD and other vendors which make compatible 64 bit chips. ShredOS - Secure disk erasure/wipe
tpm2KeyUnlock - Adds an automated unlock function based on TPM policy installation
MediaCreationTool.bat - Universal MCT wrapper script for all Windows 10/11 versions from 1507 to 21H2!
tpm2-initramfs-tool - Tool used in initramfs to seal/unseal FDE key to the TPM
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
WoeUSB - A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
Fido - A PowerShell script to download Windows or UEFI Shell ISOs
stig - TUI and CLI for the BitTorrent client Transmission
arch-linux-installation-guide - An easy to follow Arch Linux installation guide. This guide will show you how to properly install Arch Linux on UEFI/BIOS systems, ext4/btrfs file systems; using systemd-bootloader/GRUB and systemd-networkd/NetworkManager for networking. These are the given examples but I have provided links to sections with the information necessary to install any 86_64 system