[u-u] How to brick your laptop

[Toby Thain]

On 2016-02-02 12:46 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:51:32 -0500
> arocker at Vex.Net wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/02/delete_efivars_linux/
>>
>> A somewhat implausible scenario, but it's clearly happened.
>
> I'm having a hard time believing this one.  Linux may have some silly
> designs but if you boot up a CD then what's on the disk can't matter
> can it?  A brand new drive also does not have those files but you can
> still install an OS on it.
>


I haven't deep dived into it but it seems that the problem is not at 
boot time but at removal time -- being read/write, some manipulation of 
the special file damages the underlying settings. Breaking a subsequent 
boot.

--Toby