[Liverpool] MFS Meeting. Tue, 20 Sept. Talk: "Libreboot: Starting with Freedom"

Michael Dorrington michael.dorrington at member.fsf.org
Sat Sep 17 09:52:43 UTC 2016


On 15/09/16 14:51, Jules Octave wrote:
> libreboot looks fun. is there any possibility of installing it with
> formatting the whole machine? or that will be answered the D-day .

You don't format your whole machine when installing Libreboot.
Libreboot is installed into the few MB size "BIOS ROM" flash chip on the
motherboard, just like a regular BIOS.  It isn't installed onto a disk
drive.  Look forward to seeing you at the talk.

M.

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