From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Jun 5 18:34:52 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 5DF7EAFEF7C for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 18:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com (st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com [17.164.199.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36BDA65885 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 18:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tsoome@me.com) Received: from process-dkim-sign-daemon.st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com by st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.38.0 64bit (built Feb 26 2016)) id <0OR300D004K7OD00@st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:34:38 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=me.com; s=4d515a; t=1496684078; bh=erqoh4aqc9sIApWJYU4RkcrNqvFJ45izcKFSaY+ONf4=; h=Content-type:MIME-version:Subject:From:Date:Message-id:To; b=dj/1812hMlVKNZiF/IOTB6VLEGnBo5TZDZtuHMo1EE3LhDOQ0kso8msBzZutZM71/ zaluLVPTAEuWjVVfR8AG2qukb6N3LTmbbWAZF0ckv8IQGtPmNe+VJuVTBnDMliOB7L 51PV8ik1caEoQ3ixXZOuuLo5LkxndoUk2ETNbDTvmEHWG73Tac7rVzi9G6lARM4fYc KmED3R0zak0v54cGbDBXc4RBN9Jv9rbwjkI1LQuIcjQvdgMA4X+5DbYRwYEjU9TdTn oPe4EEly31SwU2G0+Z4lXBTLyaQMwYEiEG0xNnJxLjYiu9/3fNk26jG5ZC5QfzxOSz 8Grteov6VOsbA== Received: from icloud.com ([127.0.0.1]) by st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.38.0 64bit (built Feb 26 2016)) with ESMTPSA id <0OR300ONI4TMTD50@st13p35im-asmtp002.me.com>; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:34:36 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-06-05_10:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1034 suspectscore=2 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1701120000 definitions=main-1706050332 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: Boot CURRENT without efi From: Toomas Soome In-reply-to: Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:34:33 +0300 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: To: Andy Neustadter X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) 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 18:34:52 -0000 > On 5. juuni 2017, at 20:31, Andy Neustadter wrote: >=20 > 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. GPT does not require UEFI, BIOS boot will read the pmbr and should = behave just as with MBR partitioning. rgds, toomas