Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops

[William Muriithi]

On 31 Jan 2013 00:00, "Chow, Chislon" <chislon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just read this and thought it deserves some attention:
> H-Online article: Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops
>
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html
>
> Quote
> "Linux and Bricks Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various
> Samsung laptops is enough to permanently stop them working.... the
> problem is likely to also be present in other Linux distributions, as
> it appears to be caused by a kernel driver for Samsung laptops. Kernel
> developers are currently discussing a change which would disable the
> driver when booting via UEFI."
>
Ha, its new. If its bricked, just ship it back and get another one:)

By the way, it seem secure boot is not yet a big problem. If you want to
duo boot Windows 8, disable uefi, reinstall window8 on legacy BIOS and you
can then run any Linux system alongside it.

Not that I have used windows 8 more than an hour, was just an exercise to
satisfy my curiosity

William

> Affects models such as:
> Samsung 530U3C, 300E5C, NP700Z5C, NP700Z7C and NP900X4C series laptops
>
> Relevant Ubuntu bug on Launchpad
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557?comments=all
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Chislon Chow
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