Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-22 Thread Zoran Kolic
> Well, I'm running disks I was running in another system before. I > installed them by having a running system on another disk, then > setting them up manually from there. I'm kinda particular... And ACPI is working, right? > I'm running a Kingston KVR1600D3E11SK4/16G set. I assume you are co

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-21 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 05:37:01PM +0200 I heard the voice of Zoran Kolic, and lo! it spake thus: > > Hurrah! I shall get a bit cheaper version, plain m5a97 or pro. AFAIK, the only difference between the plain M5A97 and the Evo is that the Evo has better VRM's. If you're overclocking a 125w CPU,

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
> I'm running a M5A97 Evo just fine on -CURRENT, and I'd be shocked it > it had any problem with 9 (or 8 or 7, for that matter). Hurrah! I shall get a bit cheaper version, plain m5a97 or pro. Let me ask you further. What option you chose during install? Guided or manual (and what if manual)? Furth

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
Thanks all for respond! I'd try to mix answers and not bother you with no reason. > You don't say how big your hard drive is, and if you want to run any OS > besides FreeBSD. It shall be ssd drive of 64 gb. Freebsd only, as about 10 years long. > You can go into the guided installer to see what

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 20 July 2012 17:43:34 Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:08:31PM +0200 I heard the voice of > Zoran Kolic, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > It took me by surprise. The mobo I have on my mind for new desktop > > has uefi instead of bios. It is asus m5a97, with 970 chi

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-20 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 06:08:31PM +0200 I heard the voice of Zoran Kolic, and lo! it spake thus: > > It took me by surprise. The mobo I have on my mind for new desktop > has uefi instead of bios. It is asus m5a97, with 970 chipset, well > priced among users on the net. How would it behave with 9.

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, let me make it very short. UEFI worked for me during my first installation on a UEFI machine. I moved then to 10 and still have no problems. So, if you really fail, install CURRENT and it will work. Of course you are not running then a release system with all the consequences. Erich On Fr

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
from Zoran Kolic : > It took me by surprise. The mobo I have on my mind for > new desktop has uefi instead of bios. It is asus m5a97, > with 970 chipset, well priced among users on the net. > How would it behave with 9.1? After all reading, I plan > to boot it as memory stick and go with simple "g

Re: branch 9 and uefi

2012-07-19 Thread Gót András
Hi, I had a hard time booting FreeBSD 8.2 on an IBM X3550M3 which is also an UEFI maniac one. I could only boot FreeBSD from an USB DVD and install it from there. Maybe some legacy fallback boot options are availabe for this mobo. I think they have its user manual on their website. Regards,