From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 23:34:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0680796 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 23:34:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-f41.google.com (mail-qg0-f41.google.com [209.85.192.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DBE11C46 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 23:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j5so6156146qga.28 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 16:33:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=R++6/b5UeL1mmtIjHCYPmJPfC+rk6mZVQ1+4mdKWcDQ=; b=mbv+rCv158YXMWYI9Hl7mwB4f3hnRXfXEs6SDsNXXhle34IwM3gAzl/U+jLoxBgPMg qoxsHMjqOo2CcAAiWI23PCzizqOdrht1oWsfh7CrCB5myQJ0ysH+u+SE4W8nRaDozIRS gmNLK0yLgEOwXkedLlS+mqI7OFrSr/M9HPUUhW2ykTpRbPCbUYP3d58sfIAhoO1bivuj UJVtbbGOa9BXpZuyINFzhSMAxpH+Gv9V/QPVZE48LCI36BfSFLdZVq5J+YkaYsqUQbIN OpXVJfOnQZ1GK9G4AMmqyjlWORwgfvYsghohLNvW4WbxANdBmzbmXo0H67SP+LxvBWmP ts7w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmFLsBm8udkHZRHi0wpXBNPePUvTAWxCIwJ4IPbbapsdpz4O+7oHrr3xiXX/O0LSrY7j0K3 X-Received: by 10.224.66.193 with SMTP id o1mr25790643qai.43.1399764836161; Sat, 10 May 2014 16:33:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n7115-l-a.drasticraft.com (c-68-49-104-76.hsd1.md.comcast.net. [68.49.104.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f7sm13806991qar.42.2014.05.10.16.33.53 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 10 May 2014 16:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: "Secure Boot" motherboards (to avoid)? From: Antoine Kallab In-Reply-To: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 19:33:52 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 23:34:04 -0000 On May 10, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette = wrote: > do I need to be on the lookout > for the possibility that it may incorporate some form of non-easily- > disablable UEFI/SecureBoot firmware that will prevent me from booting > anything other than Windoze? Yes, for sure. Many BIOSes only let users disable SecureBoot. That=92s = fine,=20 because that=92s all that really matters. rEFInd works the last time I = checked. But definitely try to disable UEFI. It makes unnecessary hassle.