Hello Warner, Saturday, January 19, 2019, 12:17:29 AM, you wrote:
> Also most UEFI BIOSes I've used (which isn't a lot) allow one to choose > which BootXXXX variable to use to boot. Some will even create new BootXXXX > variables that they use when you choose a raw device to boot from. 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. I have never seen documentation in MoBo manuals about such features, BTW. And, again, GPT/Legacy still left behind, and it could be very useful for small systems, as sometimes 4 partitions of MBR is not enough (2 code partitions + 1 config partition + 1 persistent data partition, and SOMETIMES, there is place for swap, for example, but MBR is full already). > But this whole thread tells me we need to rewrite the boot section of our > handbook. Oh, yes, please! -- Best regards, Lev mailto:l...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
