From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2071389E2 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:34:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5334DE0C77; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39B9DE0C5F for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:33:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [192.168.1.4]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.9/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sBJHXtmY008305 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:33:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:33:55 -0500 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New PC, new boot concepts Message-ID: <20141219173355.GF4925@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <201412191522.14063.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20141219154643.GD4925@ns1.bonedaddy.net> <201412191612.59480.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201412191612.59480.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 39ec11c8-d2cf-4ff7-84bd-50098a0422a4 X-Archives-Hash: e80228e4f3625f02f22c98685a2dc199 * Mick [141219 11:13]: > On Friday 19 Dec 2014 15:46:43 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * Mick [141219 10:22]: > > [SNIP] > > > > > I am trying to find out what is considered good practice as far as > > > UEFI/MBR and boot management goes. > > > > FWIW, I've built recent machines with UEFI/GPT but I mostly build recent > > machines using BIOS-mode/GPT or MBR. It usually depends on how well the > > mobo I'm using works with either. > > > > Some of the mobos I've used have some seriously crummy UEFI > > implementations that look like they installed Windows and that worked so > > didn't bother testing any further. > > > > I don't dual-boot windows so BIOS/GPT works OK (I believe windows still > > assumes UEFI == GPT and BIOS == MBR but I don't know.) > > > > Obviously I'm not using secure boot if I'm running in BIOS mode. > > > > Just my $.02, > > Thanks Todd, > > Are you saying that there is no benefit in moving to UEFI for Linux usage, if > the MoBo can boot in conventional BIOS mode? I guess what I'm saying is that I've had problems with some mobos running UEFI (and also BIOS) with any non-windows OS. So I don't usually bother with UEFI mode anymore as I find it more hassle than it's worth for me. Someone else may (probably) has some reasons why running UEFI is more beneficial, but I haven't noticed any. But these machines are not booting any other OS aside from Gentoo. If I were dual-booting Windows then I'd go UEFI/GPT for sure. Todd