GPT boot has less features than legacy MBR-based one (Was: UEFI, loader.efi and /boot.config)

[Rebecca Cran]

On January 19, 2019 at 2:52:28 AM, Lev Serebryakov (lev at freebsd.org(mailto:lev at freebsd.org)) wrote:

> I have never seen such item in BIOS Setup. I've checked two MoBos now (one is
> Supermicro X9something and other is brand-new Goldmont-based Chinese MiniPC
> like Intel NUK): both have one knob in setup about boot type
> (Legacy/UEFI/Auto) and if UEFI is selected, Supermicro MoBo (but not Chinese
> one) could be booted to "UEFI Console" which is not documented anywhere.
>  
> Ok, I've checked my desktop Asus Z170-A, but it is graphical and I could
> not find or understand anything in this home-rown UI with crazy-fast mouse.
>  

On ASUS systems you normally press F8 during POST to bring up the boot menu, and F11 on Supermicro systems.






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Rebecca