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I said I was running Fedora 24 on an X260, implied that it's on metal. However, I also want to run VirtualBox inside Fedora, because my job requires me to have
by INTPenis 10y ago
I said I was running Fedora 24 on an X260, implied that it's on metal.
However, I also want to run VirtualBox inside Fedora, because my job requires me to have a Windows VM. And VirtualBox has its own kernel modules, with SecureBoot they need to be signed. Unfortunately the poor UEFI implementation Lenovo has provided won't let me enter my own MOKs into the UEFI because coincidentally that little write call is missing.
I dunno, tinfoil hat surgically implanted under my scalp, it feels like they're not making it easy for Linux, when the Linux community is doing their best to adapt to SecureBoot.
Edit: And just to be clear, I did of course disable SecureBoot at this discovery but it was sad to do so because I had hoped to see how well Linux had adapted to this new tech that came out several years ago and was heralded as a Linux blocker. ;)
- Nux 10y agoWhy don't you use KVM/libvirt instead of Vbox?
- sangnoir 10y agoI'm not sure that would help - libvirt also has kernel modules
- cesarb 10y agoThe kvm kernel modules come with the Fedora kernel, and thus are already signed by Fedora's key. It's virtualbox which for some reason won't upstream their kernel modules, so they have to be compiled and installed by its users.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- Hikikomori 10y agoSeamless mode in vbox is great.
- INTPenis 10y agoI've been leaning that way lately, having only just tried kvm virtualization on a server at home. The discovery of kimchi made me try KVM and it's a very nice web gui for home use, or laptop use. So yes I might just replace VirtualBox with kvm soon. I just have no experience with the guest drivers for Windows provided by libvirt.