[gentoo-user] [OFFTOPIC}: Does the MSI Tomahawk MAX is able to boot from a M2 SSD?

[gentoo-user] [OFFTOPIC}: Does the MSI Tomahawk MAX is able to boot from a M2 SSD?

[tuxic]

Hi,

maybe someone here, who owns a PC with a MSI Tomahawk MAX
motherboard can answer this question:

Is it possible to boot Linux from the installed 
M2 Nvme (or if not from a M2 SATA) SSD? ?

In the chapter about the BIOS the user manual of
the MSI Tomahaswk Max only says 
"Select Boot Priority", but does not tell about
the kind of selectable items.

Beside speed and cost:
Is there any difference between using a M2 SATA SSD
or a M2 NVMe SSD?

Does these drives are working with UEFI boot and
Legacy boot when it comes to boot Linux?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help...!
(...sorry...I went out of cryo sleep just 
a few hours ago... ;)

Cheers!
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] [OFFTOPIC}: Does the MSI Tomahawk MAX is able to boot from a M2 SSD?

[Andrew Udvare]

> On Mar 19, 2020, at 23:29, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> 
> Beside speed and cost:
> Is there any difference between using a M2 SATA SSD
> or a M2 NVMe SSD?

I can tell you there's a huge difference in speed as NVMe is essentially the same as plugging directly to PCI-E. m.2 SATA is basically for backward compatibility with older OS.
> 
> Does these drives are working with UEFI boot and
> Legacy boot when it comes to boot Linux?

You shouldn't have a problem with either. I've been booting with my own signed Grub for years with UEFI secure boot.

If for some reason the motherboard won't take your self-made certificates/etc, return it.

Andrew