Robert Elz wrote: > | The motherboard supposedly autodetects either efi or bios boot so > | I thought I might just go with efi first. > > That's interesting, as it is possible to have both setup... I wonder > which it chooses then?
Actually the manual isn't clear : - EFI CD/DVD Boot Option Set the item to EFI if you want to install the operating system to a hard drive larger that 2.2TB. Make sure the operating system to be installed supports booting from a GPT partition, such as Windows 7 64-bit and Windows Server 2003 64-bit. Auto lets the BIOS automatically configure this setting depending on the hard drive you install (Default: Auto). So it sounds like it is giving you an EFI option to do an EFI install from CD/DVD, whereupon it can then boot from a GPT-EFI boot partition using the Auto option. I thought I would install efi boot only first and see what happens. Back up if that doesn't work. > The one thing to watch with UEFI booting is that the firmware seems > to be less likely to configure all the hardware than it used to with > BIOS booting - some systems fail to boot in UEFI mode (or some > hardware is not detected, or does not work) which all work fine in > BIOS mode. It is better in recent -current but still not perfect. > > | The url above plus Robert's and Greg's instructions have me this > | far (wd2 shown only and doesn't include raid components yet): > > All looks OK to me (as far as it goes.) Ok. Thanks. I'll proceed
