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omnibrain ◴[] No.44602459[source]
I'm sure this is a naive take, but why is it not possible to enter a new key into the BIOS (dating myself, I know it's EFI) by hand?
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1. eqvinox ◴[] No.44603003[source]
It's possible and it's what you should be doing. "sbctl" (https://github.com/Foxboron/sbctl) AFAIK has a reasonable frontend for doing that on Linux (don't know, I did it manually). You have to put the system in "secure boot setup mode" in BIOS/UEFI options before booting, which enables changing the PK (Platform Key) which is used to chain off all the other keys. (Setup mode should be automatically exited when you install a new PK.)

You can keep the Microsoft keys in there if you want to dual boot Windows, you just need to re-sign the keys themselves with your own PK.