From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 00:49:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 563374D0 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 00:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-f43.google.com (mail-qg0-f43.google.com [209.85.192.43]) (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 13AE62594 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 00:49:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id 63so6857219qgz.16 for ; Sun, 11 May 2014 17:49:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:references:from:content-type:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=l5Yf4R2/ZHdi48TGvJCTLRtifkot/Vt7fqSb/lqu7yQ=; b=epPZaQlr1YRg51MTUtlED/T/+L58d2sF+LAUqL0xJ1TrS0ZcHxXujsK9y1+u4ygJWu zpl/SEz2dhLKD5/Mt+nW0DdRn/BuimuR8j+GZnH/i7WwgTy5mIzarFkNBErsSSTt33bQ wdA0zFFmuq77wcKmxvLtJ37ElRAPO1ixe5NX0VYcaQZl81s9H723mDayHcA5v9iQXpU6 isZhmPq9n4WvMJ7NgvRgJC+az8LasapiMSSWq3XFxgwcUrrLD5pOfEviSQ6nXEawXJlq tvOJm1MRXGNgimmaXB1VGUvb/AaLfORMarAGH2MzXoqGzYKqxV6vESKkbEloCCfgiwT+ quVw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm+9bP5rcNV/MzOteSl8/7tTOu6XcawUdpOXLUthzi/mVRgxCUXUg6M2KQ/ZdQisVxvyQ/i X-Received: by 10.224.8.131 with SMTP id h3mr34099995qah.61.1399855368050; Sun, 11 May 2014 17:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.10.129] (c-68-49-104-76.hsd1.md.comcast.net. [68.49.104.76]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v44sm8883380qge.13.2014.05.11.17.42.46 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 11 May 2014 17:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: "Secure Boot" motherboards (to avoid)? References: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> <20140511230044.GA5591@potato.growveg.org> From: Antoine Kallab Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11D201) In-Reply-To: <20140511230044.GA5591@potato.growveg.org> Message-Id: Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 20:42:44 -0400 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) 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: Mon, 12 May 2014 00:49:35 -0000 > On May 11, 2014, at 19:00, John wrote: >=20 > The UEFI thing is why I had to go with PC-BSD rather than regular > FreeBSD. My motherboard is an Asus Z87-PRO and there seems to be no way > to disable UEFI in the bios, or conversely to enable 'legacy mode'.=20 You might want to look in to CoreBoot. It's a custom BIOS project. They have= a list of supported boards/chipsets on their wiki, and I do remember seeing= a lot of ASUS boards on the list.=20 I can't vouch for it in any way, just thought it might be something worth tr= ying if you can't get your bios to behave.=20 Good luck.=20=