Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:04 +0000 From: Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: <YFgKFN17F%2BkBoeWI@llamedos.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com> References: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 10:26:49AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > > While on the subject of booting and partitioning etc, I've included below, 2 Dropbox links of images of my ASUS BIOS. Would you be in a position to explain to me what AHCI vs IDE is? As well, I see that I can enable/disable UEFI and PXE ROM. What is PXE ROM? Given that ASUS laptop will NEVER again have any microsoft products loaded/running on it, do I need UEFI enabled? > AHCI is the modern way of accessing SATA disks. Not sure when it came in, but certainly all my systems from the last 5 years have used it. And PXE ROM is for network booting. No idea how old your laptop is, but for non-M$ the only reason for enabling UEFI is probably to update the UEFI firmware - for *very* recent ryzens the forthcoming AGESA fixes for usb issues on zen2 and zen3 probably need UEFI to install it (and perhaps M$, depending on the manufacturer). For older systems, no obvious reason to use UEFI. ĸen -- On average, the Panda feeds for 15 hours a day. This is the same as an adult at home under quarantine, which is why we call it a "Pandemic".
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