From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Mar 22 03:08:08 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22F1577765 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-7.server.virginmedia.net (know-smtprelay-omc-7.server.virginmedia.net [80.0.253.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "Virgin Media Core Infrastructure Root" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3fZb4v74z4myg for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com) Received: from llamedos.mydomain ([81.97.236.130]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPA id OAvElN3gjzNL5OAvEltZUK; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:04 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [81.97.236.130] X-Authenticated-User: zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com X-Authority: v=2.3 cv=VOHzYeHX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 cx=a_exe a=OGiDJHazYrvzwCbh7ZIPzQ==:117 a=OGiDJHazYrvzwCbh7ZIPzQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=dESyimp9J3IA:10 a=aUmhEASRKm0OCZ_6YhoA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Received: by llamedos.mydomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 139488B510; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:04 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:04 +0000 From: Ken Moffat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: References: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20210319102649.2bace327e17eca8602877618@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfJ0zZeGRNIk+YuyfHPUY2dQ/SgJBG9MIxMeuqYT7q5p6k8TnIOwNVxJsd6DYBojn7zZ6V9mBF7HmYVShgkLR55XtA5ycq5FKxec7o7I+WIZAsyPxfue3 +ngk122EMpBnmf9enZ6Ty4RzfqDtdBO5na9CAAScsORqd65mSfaxgd3Bx7yIGOlhqAIEPdprZ2xU/A== X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F3fZb4v74z4myg X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[80.0.253.71:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[ntlworld.com:s=meg.feb2017]; HAS_XOIP(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:80.0.253.64/28]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[80.0.253.71:from:127.0.2.255]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[ntlworld.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[ntlworld.com,quarantine]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[80.0.253.71:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5089, ipnet:80.0.0.0/16, country:GB]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[80.0.253.71:from] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:08 -0000 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".