On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 19:48, Znoteer via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root), there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what circumstances might one have that file on a linux system?
When you installed Linux on a Windows computer? I wiped Windows, but the firmware data is still there: # cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM MSDMU:_ASUS_Notebook ASUSXXXX-KKKKK-KKKK-KKKKK-KKKKK# (License string obfuscated.) 'strings' not required. Fascinating: thank you Stewart, this may make it possible to install Windows 10 in VirtualBox - of course I still have to lay hands on a matching version of Windows, although those are easier to find than legitimate license keys. Hmm - I wonder if the "ASUS" at the beginning of the key means it only works with Asus versions of W10 ... -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com