On 06/01/2012 03:41 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote:
2012/6/1 Tyler Morgan<tyl...@tradetech.net>:
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#LargeDrive
That doesn't mention GPT, which is the problem with drives>2TB.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
Can OpenBSD already boot from a 4TB drive on an UEFI system?
Try to buy systems that don't rely on UEFI. In the next few years,
prepare to buy systems and find out they require UEFI, and then demand
a refund. Prepare for it to get even worse than that.
If you buy a UEFI-capable system today, you are giving power to the
people who will (in the future) make UEFI-only systems which are
incapable of running OpenBSD.
UEFI arrived with all sorts of promises of making machines better, but
is being turned into something completely nefarious.
On the surface, UEFI seems to allow the manufacturer and others to
insert any amount of black-box malware during boot. That's enough
to make me shudder. Obviously, opportunities abound for that code
to prevent "unauthorized" O/Ses from running or subvert them once
running.
Are there other and larger issues?
On the other hand, GPT by itself appears useful. Does it also
contain boobytraps?
Thanks!
Geoff Steckel
