From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 8 23:14:51 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 ECEEE85A for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 23:14:51 +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 BA7552143 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 23:14:51 +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 1X4eay-00081J-Kr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:14:50 -0500 Received: from rancor.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s68NEit5029608 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 18:14:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s68NEiRQ029607 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 8 Jul 2014 18:14:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 18:14:44 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20140708231444.GG18388@rancor.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.com> <20140708221821.GE18388@rancor.immure.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140708221821.GE18388@rancor.immure.com> 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 23:14:52 -0000 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... -- 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