From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 09/18/2012 08:55 AM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:   
   > I tried to boot one of the Mandriva 2012 ISOs today, but my BIOS didn't even   
   > see it.  I was about to blame the DVD or the release, when Fedora 16 did   
   > exactly the same thing.   
   >   
   > The Fedora forum suggested that my BIOS is out of date.  Something called   
   EFI.   
   > I downloaded the latest update for my BIOS, but it made no difference.  The   
   > guy who started the thread asked: "Does that mean I have to go out and buy a   
   > new computer?"  The reply was: "Not for this one issue."  What else can he   
   do,   
   > except change his distro?  I need to stop fiddling and stick with Mageia.   
   > No doubt the same thing will happen there and everywhere, eventually.   
   >   
   > Doug.   
   >   
   Doug, please don't bite my head off if my reply annoys you - I'm only   
   trying to help. Do so, and I will stop.   
      
   I know nothing of EFI but what I have read, but I have read that the   
   secure boot part usually can be disabled - if that is indeed the   
   problem. I would expect that installing a BIOS update could easily reset   
   everything to the new defaults, one of which could be enabling secure   
   boot, and perhaps before condemning the distros you need to go through   
   your BIOS settings, change what needs to be changed, and try again. That   
   is the first step *I'd* take.   
      
   TJ   
      
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