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 (DIR) Post #B1DNDQ6Dv1rWuj8LZY by electricmood@kinkycats.org
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       Got my laptop set up finally, a Linux misadventure.I decided to reformat it after Windows pushed some kinda update that made the machine slower. After backing up my things, I booted into a Mint USB installer and proceeded with the installation,  something I had done dozens of times (tho the last time before was Mint 13). But it didn't go so smoothly,  it wiped the disk and then said it encountered an error.  Uh oh.Prompt box says continue? I'm like  yeah please.#linuxmint #linux
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DNDQVOPRzmAmuRns by electricmood@kinkycats.org
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       And so it rebooted, and then it couldn't proceed with the installation. It was missing `\EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi` Well fuck, I didn't expect any friction. I started the process at 9pm, was expecting to complete everything in an hour, because its Mint, its easy. This is why I shouldn't make assumptions. Anyway, after fiddling around the bios settings for half an hour,  I gave up on that path, looked online, and tried the easiest solution I could find.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DNDQmPOBbf1Ys2KG by electricmood@kinkycats.org
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       I renamed `\EFI\BOOT\grub64.efi` thats on the USB installer to `\EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi` through another windows machine (dunno why I dont see it in `gparted`), disable secure boot on the target machine, boot up from the USB installer and finally it went smooth as expected. Went to bed at 2am.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DNDR4UIy4HvdKTVQ by bastetandptah@kinkycats.org
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       @electricmood secure boot was the issue from the start... I always disable it and doesn't offer something significant for my personal systems. Although in the last Opensuse 16.0 instalation I did at my new office desktop, it worked (I forgot to disable it before the setup).
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DNNCjAUR5aL010PQ by electricmood@kinkycats.org
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       @bastetandptah I am learning that lol
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DQAuvz7QgdXYqJdY by AyPapi
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       @bastetandptah @electricmood Welcome to the Linux Club... like to see like minded people
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DQL1sS9xPjyB0qgK by AyPapi
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       @bastetandptah @electricmood and linux are just more fun...  and not all the waiting as in windows
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DVc6cKI0wPMcQoTY by duckz@mastodon.gamedev.place
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       @bastetandptah @electricmood I never really understood what its real utility is. I mean sure, viruses can't install themselves to boot before the OS does but if you have been penetrated so hard that you have someone with write access to your boot partition, there's plenty more he could do and having a boot time virus would be the last of my concerns. If it's a malicious factory, then they can just tamper with the keys. Can't see the point really
       
 (DIR) Post #B1DW1nmgvqlUU4X5IO by bastetandptah@kinkycats.org
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       @duckz It has a point, more for windows and for extreme cases in linux but in general is a nuisance. A bootkit or a malicious kernel is not something easily exploitable in linux and doesn't affect 99% of users... @electricmood