>> 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.
There are already a number of BIOSes out there capable of nasty (or "really cool") stuff pre-OS boot. The BIOS setup page may look like a DOS relic but it doesn't mean it actually is. F.ex. prior to Vista's launch, MS demoed a fullscreen video before any boot code was actually run. UEFI has gotten more press, and given RH an opportunity to present itself as defender of freedom, but it's really an evolution of PCs running black-box code when and where it can do most harm. -- p
