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0 pointsSomeone12y ago0 comments

That may not work if your Secureboot implementation is buggy.

The '80s solution to this problem was way easier, and it worked: a switch on the motherboard required physical access to the machine to flash its firmware.

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alextingle12y ago· 1 in thread

Physical switches are expensive.

nitrogen12y ago

Jumpers are not expensive. You've already got dozens of the same kind of pin inside of every classic IDE and floppy connector on a motherboard.

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