Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:36 +0200 From: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: booting off GPT partitions Message-ID: <cf9b1ee01001270845j772d5524tbc2cbd53e70890a7@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey I was under the impression that everyone and their dog is using GPT partitioning in FreeBSD these days, including for boot drives and that I was just being unlucky with my current NAS motherboard (Intel D945GCLF2) having supposedly shaky support for GPT boot. But right now I am having an email exchange with Supermicro support (whom I contacted since I am pondering their X7SPA-H board for a new system), who are telling me that booting off GPT requires UEFI BIOS, which is supposedly a very new thing and that for example NONE of their current motherboards have support for this. Am I misunderstanding something or is the Supermicro support tech misguided? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov
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