Szymon von Ulezalka
2013-01-30 21:22:06 UTC
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html
"(..) Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various Samsung laptops is
enough to permanently stop them working. Several reports have been
posted on the Ubuntu bug tracker, but 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. (..)"
szymon
"(..) Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various Samsung laptops is
enough to permanently stop them working. Several reports have been
posted on the Ubuntu bug tracker, but 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. (..)"
szymon