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Date:      Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:06:52 -0700
From:      Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bluestop.org>
To:        Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>
Subject:   Re: GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config)
Message-ID:  <etPan.5c433dd9.327b23c6.1973@bluestop.org>
In-Reply-To: <912985968.20190119125228@serebryakov.spb.ru>
References:  <912985968.20190119125228@serebryakov.spb.ru>

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On January 19, 2019 at 2:52:28 AM, Lev Serebryakov (lev@freebsd.org(mailto:lev@freebsd.org)) wrote:

> I have never seen such item in BIOS Setup. I've checked two MoBos now (one is
> Supermicro X9something and other is brand-new Goldmont-based Chinese MiniPC
> like Intel NUK): both have one knob in setup about boot type
> (Legacy/UEFI/Auto) and if UEFI is selected, Supermicro MoBo (but not Chinese
> one) could be booted to "UEFI Console" which is not documented anywhere.
>  
> Ok, I've checked my desktop Asus Z170-A, but it is graphical and I could
> not find or understand anything in this home-rown UI with crazy-fast mouse.
>  

On ASUS systems you normally press F8 during POST to bring up the boot menu, and F11 on Supermicro systems.






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