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On July 15, 2024 6:09:36 PM GMT+07:00, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>Looking for something inexpensive and portable that will run GNU/Linux.
>More difficult than it used to be now that machines can be locked to Windows.
>
>Is there any way of testing whether a laptop has an unlocked bootloader before buying it?
>(assuming the seller will trust me enough let me run such a test!)
>
>A salesman is likely to say it's unlocked merely because the salesman does not understand the question.
>
>Willrefracta boot on a machine with a locked bootloader? (likely not)
>
>Will refracta boot on a laptop without a hard drive at all?
>
>Might laptops insist on getting an EFI partition from the hard drive in order to even read a USB stick?
>
>-- hendrik
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