jaclaz wrote:
@PaperClip_CCE
The Surface does NOT run Windows 8, it runs Windows RT.
It is NOT a i386 platform, it is an ARM one, for all the info there are, ONLY Windows RT can currently boot on that device, it uses Secure Boot, but it seems like it additionally has a "locked" certificate.
See:
http://superuser.com/questions/502771/microsoft-surface-alternative-os
On a "generic" Secure Boot enabled hardware, that can have certificates added, Ubuntu will most probably boot, and surely before or later *some* way to by-pass this MS limitation will be found out, but right now it seems like not possible.
jaclaz
Thanks jaclaz.
I'm aware of this fact. (Forgive me, I should have been clear on that)
I would assume that most people on this forum would know the difference between the Surface running Windows RT (which is locked) with an ARM Cortex-A9, and the Windows 8 Pro model. I should have been clear.
(Again, none of this I have actually tried. Just thinking of possibilities - just trying to help)
Additionally:
Ubuntu 12.10 has a "Texas Instruments OMAP4 (Hard-Float) desktop image" that COULD possibly work:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/quantal/
That version works with ARM Cortex-A9:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstall
But if the RT machine is locked via cert requirements.... who knows.
One more thing:
I called EnCase tech support & asked about this. They told me this was a "Pending Request" to have implemented as a feature in (perhaps) future versions of EnCase.
I'm really curious to see how this issue gets resolved.
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