Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 18:14:44 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Secure Boot" motherboards (to avoid)? Message-ID: <20140708231444.GG18388@rancor.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <20140708221821.GE18388@rancor.immure.com> References: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405121026570.1395@wonkity.com> <20140708221821.GE18388@rancor.immure.com>
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 05:18:22PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote:
> 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.
Well, I just got off the phone with ASUS and it is as I feared this
motherboard only supports Windows according to them. So, back it goes...
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