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ryanbarillos

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Registered: 2023-11-29

Posts: 41

Add new info to QEMU#Enabling_Secure_Boot

Hi. Recently I've been maintaining the AUR package edk2-ovmf-fedora-bin that installs Fedora's version of its edk2-ovmf package & enable Secure Boot on QEMU virtual machines (particularly needed to install Windows 11 on any system, either real or virtual machine).

This package is relevant, as currently Arch Linux edk2-ovmf package (containing BIOS & UEFI firmware files for QEMU) isn't pre-configured with Secure Boot, as can be read in the Arch Wiki QEMU#Enabling_Secure_Boot.

One of the workarounds mentioned in this section is to download the edk2-ovmf from Fedora's repositories, extract it & put it in the relevant system folders for use in QEMU.

I kindly suggest to include my maintained AUR package in this Wiki page/section, as an alternative from doing all that manual work and minimize user error. Plus, I'll make sure to keep this package up-to-date to the latest Fedora version available to receive any bug fixes & patches from Fedora itself.

Last edited by ryanbarillos (2025-09-28 11:27:33)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,287

Re: Add new info to QEMU#Enabling_Secure_Boot

Archlinux wiki is maintained by arch users (includes wiki admins).

Create an account and add it yourself ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2025-09-28 12:21:02)

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