From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 8 22:47:59 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 2B8F2863 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 22:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from maul.immure.com (immure.com [107.218.164.241]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDD852DA6 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 22:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.132.9] (helo=rancor.immure.com) by maul.immure.com with esmtp (Exim 4.82_1-5b7a7c0-XX (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1X4diQ-0007u1-Kb for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:18:25 -0500 Received: from rancor.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s68MIMNe029361 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:18:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s68MIMwc029360 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:18:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:18:22 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20140708221821.GE18388@rancor.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 10.1.132.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: bob@immure.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on maul.immure.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Subject: Re: "Secure Boot" motherboards (to avoid)? X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on maul.immure.com) 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: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:47:59 -0000 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:29:11AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 10 May 2014, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > > > > Please forgive what may perhaps be an FAQ, answered somewhere (but noplace > > that I can find, apparently). > > > > I'll be buying a new motherboard soon to replace the aging 6.5 year old > > Gigabyte motherboard in my #2 "desktop" system. > > > > For whatever new motherboard I buy, 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? Or is this generally a non-issue for > > stand-alone (sold-alone) consumer motherboards? > > The ability to disable SecureBoot is supposed to be part of the UEFI > spec. Just for reference, I recently set up a UEFI Gigabyte H87-D3H for > legacy booting. It works fine. I've been trying to get a brand new ASUS AM1I-A motherboard to boot FreeBSD 9.3 RC3 for awhile now. It installs just fine but then won't boot. It either silently drops back into BIOS, or on my most recent attempt throws up a I/O error message and tells me to hit Ctl-Alt-Del. As far as I can tell, Secure Boot is disabled in BIOS, but I'm not sure I trust what it is telling me. BTW, as a test I was able to successfully install Windows 7 on the system and it did boot. I'm beginning to think I need to return the mother board. Bob -- Bob Willcox | The technological revolution that gave us radio and sound bob@immure.com | recording happened so long ago now that all of the true Austin, TX | innovators have retired or passed away to be replaced by | beancounters whose only skill is to make things cheaper and | worse. -- John Watkinson