From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 20:50:02 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 1399E851 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 20:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA92E903 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 20:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5795E3AE82 for ; Sat, 10 May 2014 13:50:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: "Secure Boot" motherboards (to avoid)? Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 13:50:00 -0700 Message-ID: <5061.1399755000@server1.tristatelogic.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: Sat, 10 May 2014 20:50:02 -0000 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? P.S. I don't know if this is relevant or not, but for the record, it is my intention at the present time to *never* run Windows 8.anything. I do however use Windows 7 on occasion, and would almost certainly be using that on this new system I'll be building... in addition to a variety of other operating systems, including FreeBSD. (Horray for cheap sATA hot-swap racks!)