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TNAndy

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Registered: 2020-04-19

Posts: 2  

DEVELOPERS: Please repackage Devuan to install with secure boot on

I've got a brand new ASUS ROG Strix gaming laptop.  It came preloaded with Windows 11 Pro.  I would very much like to dual boot it with Devuan. 

I only ever use Windows for gaming.  Few games have Linux ports, so it's usually play in Windows or don't play at all.  I use Devuan for serious computing and security.  I want to avoid systemd if I can.  Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to install Devuan on this laptop yet.  The installation .iso is not digitally signed.  I tried to add shimx64.efi to the Devuan .iso, but nothing I've tried has worked so far.  If I do figure this out, I will happily write a how-to.

I'm pretty sure that, as it stands, Windows 11 requires secure boot to be on.  I've seen some online discussion about installing Windows 11 without secure boot, but my guess is it might be easier for the Devs to fix Devuan (for everybody) than it would be to erase my hard drive and reinstall Windows 11 (just for me).

I believe Debian will install with secure boot turned on.  With that as an example, would it be terribly difficult to update Devuan to do it, too?

You know what would be really cool? Installing Linux to a blank second drive or other empty disk space from an installer running under Windows 11. Not as a VM, but natively...with a GUI. Wouldn't the secure boot problem go away?  I wouldn't even have to fool around with booting from a USB drive.  If Disk Genius can see every drive and partition and a BIOS update can be done from inside Windows I bet it could be done...somehow.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration of my suggestion.

RedGreen925

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Registered: 2024-12-07

Posts: 297  

Re: DEVELOPERS: Please repackage Devuan to install with secure boot on

I believe Debian will install with secure boot turned on.  With that as an example, would it be terribly difficult to update Devuan to do it, too?

So install that and do the conversion to a Devuan system as per the instructions given on the site..

https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … libur.html

TNAndy

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Registered: 2020-04-19

Posts: 2  

Re: DEVELOPERS: Please repackage Devuan to install with secure boot on

That's a fantastic idea.  I didn't know that was possible.  I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Thanks!

blackhole

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Registered: 2020-03-16

Posts: 203  

Re: DEVELOPERS: Please repackage Devuan to install with secure boot on

This is a false dilemna. Just disable secureboot.

sgage

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Registered: 2016-12-01

Posts: 343  

Re: DEVELOPERS: Please repackage Devuan to install with secure boot on

Win 11 runs/boots fine with SB off. Once Devuan is installed, it runs/boots fine with SB on. I just turned SB off on my machine and had done with it.