From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Jun 5 17:53:27 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48070AFE238 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 17:53:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from mx1.scaleengine.net (mx1.scaleengine.net [209.51.186.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2437E641BF for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 17:53:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allanjude@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.1.1.2] (unknown [10.1.1.2]) (Authenticated sender: allanjude.freebsd@scaleengine.com) by mx1.scaleengine.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 233D1133A9 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 17:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Boot CURRENT without efi To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: From: Allan Jude Message-ID: <5040e292-aedd-2fe3-67e7-9b0e440fc662@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 13:53:20 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jB5AMvLC7jwN62qVIpjGnOHu4gElcaJ3b" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:53:27 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --jB5AMvLC7jwN62qVIpjGnOHu4gElcaJ3b Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Ceis3B5lGrGWp5xvJ5JpjvKL0W8f9gsH3"; protected-headers="v1" From: Allan Jude To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <5040e292-aedd-2fe3-67e7-9b0e440fc662@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot CURRENT without efi References: In-Reply-To: --Ceis3B5lGrGWp5xvJ5JpjvKL0W8f9gsH3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2017-06-05 13:31, Andy Neustadter wrote: > Hi: >=20 > I have an older HP desktop that does not support USB boot or UEFI. Is > it possible to use this machine with 12-current using GPT? Any help > or pointers to info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 If your BIOS does not actively interfere, then yes, you can boot from a GPT partitioned disk in legacy mode, without UEFI. If it doesn't work, the installer still supports MBR. --=20 Allan Jude --Ceis3B5lGrGWp5xvJ5JpjvKL0W8f9gsH3-- --jB5AMvLC7jwN62qVIpjGnOHu4gElcaJ3b Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJZNZqUAAoJEBmVNT4SmAt+JusP/3G1Kd1WVeASyjel6LjjCVrR zWCJB9QBcF3Xav0x+F3M6eL6xaLKUW6i9A5SkKccEiIUu0VnFFvUwe7sdWxiUORN SfRtaQ74++B4XReLgFmRnBQ+GXrKfLRntf39PujTAFySZFQBwv6rqoyNxEDtIFCG 1mCrpFrrOAqELd6E/ebp2kL3ECKnokR7JiasMAcz4QN9m1LSJUAHOfvBSZQ8x5cv uYKkzt6YqkB6n0enBEMktRrTLu9maGNnkvF6Ennaoupln6NvcElCx8ve2j2Hjn+O ZBsaOz2R0HgL4TicATB5ivYGHzE0aVRYgkNOOdBJLSIhbdCc8PyaWbM0m5Z96Q3X 6F9S0KHNPWSSScsg10Ib4/D9J7qSnVu3J+AOZROpCMi5Kv8KHcYINH+ZHN0hJMM8 js9rRV84P1JDKVdoYqXXtnJPhUT80PI4nPpYkvqCe0eKDQU8HRLDr7fpie6A/vsB UHIOou4aacgrxzT3AlQsW7wF8g7GnVShnEy3Vu2xsBud1b2mUg0bjuVoeRSUzxeH nT7qc91lDRiQYvfNP62EmL9gmzdCoCV7TlMlHomIjlAyBowyiP4uHGiFUxnAvZgO bSfw8zNmFfsfYaU7OzgNPX1dIHR8/PfoZtnKQ2ItBZok4oKcsmioeNTgAzPn7M99 gF2vxkQJmL3h3q/jKJuE =TYEt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jB5AMvLC7jwN62qVIpjGnOHu4gElcaJ3b--