F18+Windows7+"Secure boot not enabled"

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Celik <celik.n.00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to replace Windows 7 OS with F18 but running into the problem of
> "secure boot not enabled".

This is not an error, just a notice coming from the shim that enables
Fedora on Secure Boot machines.  Fedora should install fine regardless
of whether or not Secure Boot is enabled.

> Background information:
> Laptop: Acer Aspire 5560
> Current OS: Windows 7
> Phoneix SecureCore Tiano Setup
>
>
> When starting the laptop F2 opens the Phoneix setup menu, in the "Security"
> sub-menu there is not option to enable "secure boot".

If your laptop came with Windows 7 preinstalled, then it likely
predates secure boot.  Again, Secure Boot is not required to install
Fedora, so this doesn't matter.

> I'm trying to perform the installation via DVD
> Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso . Haven't attempted the USB -live image
> installation option discussed in F18 documentation as I made the assumption
> that if I can't boot from the DVD then also won't be able to boot from USB.
> Also integrity of the DVD .iso if fine as I used it to upgrade F16 to F18 on
> another computer.

Your assumption might be incorrect.  ;-)

There's a problem with using actual spinning discs with UEFI systems
and Fedora 18 [1].  While the bug speaks only of Mac hardware, I've
experienced it on Windows UEFI systems as well.  Try creating a Live
USB with the latest version of Fedora's liveusb-creator [2]  (other
software like unetbootin might not do UEFI right) and see if that
works.

-T.C.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F18_bugs#mac-uefi-dvd
[2] https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/