• PHLAK@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      If you enable Secure Boot you should also set a BIOS password for this very reason.

      • Saleh@feddit.org
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        3 days ago

        So, if you set a bios password either way, which benefit does secureboot give?

        • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          Not sure if this works these days, but on older systems there was a reset bios config jumper and pulling the cmos battery.

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      2 days ago

      Can’t access the bios with secure boot on (at least I could not on an old laptop I was refurbishing, thank god the owner could login into windows)

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        That’s unusual, I think. Every computer I’ve had that had it on, I was able to turn it off when I went to install Linux.