From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sat Jan 19 16:00:25 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98CAC1484B4F for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3D1587C8C; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id x0JG0F9I061208; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:00:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id x0JG0FdL061207; Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:00:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201901191600.x0JG0FdL061207@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config) In-Reply-To: To: Rebecca Cran Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:00:15 -0800 (PST) CC: Emmanuel Vadot , Lev Serebryakov , Warner Losh , FreeBSD Current X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C3D1587C8C X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.59 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.82)[0.823,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dnsmgr.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.45)[0.448,0]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.44)[0.440,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-0.01)[ip: (0.02), ipnet: 69.59.192.0/19(0.01), asn: 13868(-0.02), country: US(-0.08)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:00:25 -0000 > > 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. ASUS should learn to put that stuff on screen... like everyone else. I've been hitting the delete and going to the bios/boot tap which also has a boot selection screen on one of my machines because I did not know F8 existed. Thank you! -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org