Re: Selecting new motherboards in the era of uefi

2013-08-31 Thread Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
> On 2013-08-30 17:32, STeve Andre' wrote: > Hint: > The specs [1] say it supports Windows 7. Windows 7 is BIOS-only > (non-UEFI), so that means the mobo supports booting legacy BIOS. > > [1] http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z87/#specifications No, Windows 7 supports UEFI. On Sat, Aug

Re: Selecting new motherboards in the era of uefi

2013-08-31 Thread Letcher Ross
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera < h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar> wrote: > On 2013-08-30 17:32, STeve Andre' wrote: > >I'm shopping around for new server hardware. Unless someone has a > > reason to think of something else, I'm planing on a i7-4770K. The more > > interesti

Re: Selecting new motherboards in the era of uefi

2013-08-31 Thread Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
On 2013-08-30 17:32, STeve Andre' wrote: >I'm shopping around for new server hardware. Unless someone has a > reason to think of something else, I'm planing on a i7-4770K. The more > interesting question is what motherboard to get. > >I have my eye on the Asus Sabertooth Z87, but I see th

Re: Selecting new motherboards in the era of uefi

2013-08-30 Thread Adriaan
You are asking about a Sabertooth Z87, but according to a moderator of the FreeBSD forums, the Sabertooth Z77 can boot in legacy, non-UEFI mode. See https://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=228402&postcount=5 On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:32 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: >I'm shopping around for n

Selecting new motherboards in the era of uefi

2013-08-30 Thread STeve Andre'
I'm shopping around for new server hardware. Unless someone has a reason to think of something else, I'm planing on a i7-4770K. The more interesting question is what motherboard to get. I have my eye on the Asus Sabertooth Z87, but I see that it talks of uefi. What I do not yet see, is w