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EFI BIOS on ASUS P6T series?
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:08 +0200, David Brown
wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: What you say here is entirely true, but my understanding was that the PC in question was being bought and built now, with a view to possibly upgrading in the future - thus support for large boot disks is not a big issue here. But you are of course right that it will be an issue in the Of course. I tend to "overbuild" my systems so that I can 4-5 years out of them before I "want" to upgrade. In this case, I "need" to upgrade to 64-bit and higher performance. But today's "higher performance" may be tomorrow's file server, and I would want to up the drive capacity considerably in the future. future - probably forcing more systems over to EFI bioses. So, the "money question." Can the BIOS in the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 board I buy today be flashed to an EFI BIOS, or is there some hardware required that is simply not included on the P6T (or the X58 chipset.) Thanks for the intelligent, to the point reply above. -AH |
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EFI BIOS on ASUS P6T series?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:08 +0200, David Brown wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: What you say here is entirely true, but my understanding was that the PC in question was being bought and built now, with a view to possibly upgrading in the future - thus support for large boot disks is not a big issue here. But you are of course right that it will be an issue in the Of course. I tend to "overbuild" my systems so that I can 4-5 years out of them before I "want" to upgrade. In this case, I "need" to upgrade to 64-bit and higher performance. But today's "higher performance" may be tomorrow's file server, and I would want to up the drive capacity considerably in the future. Out of curiosity, what OS are you thinking of installing? future - probably forcing more systems over to EFI bioses. So, the "money question." Can the BIOS in the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 board I buy today be flashed to an EFI BIOS, or is there some hardware required that is simply not included on the P6T (or the X58 chipset.) I don't know, and the ASUS website gave no obvious answers (presumably you wouldn't be asking if it did ...). But again, as long as your boot drive isn't over 2 TB, then it probably doesn't matter. Thanks for the intelligent, to the point reply above. -AH |
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EFI BIOS on ASUS P6T series?
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:45:20 +0200, David Brown
wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:36:08 +0200, David Brown wrote: Out of curiosity, what OS are you thinking of installing? Initially, Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate. Maybe even two copies - one for production use and one for experimental stuff and trial installs. But for "scratching around," probably a NFR Server 2008 that I friend can pass along to me, maybe even a Linux or two. If I really want to go crazy, there is always the Hercules emulator for System/360. Then I would need a partition for something like MVS. future - probably forcing more systems over to EFI bioses. So, the "money question." Can the BIOS in the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 board I buy today be flashed to an EFI BIOS, or is there some hardware required that is simply not included on the P6T (or the X58 chipset.) I don't know, and the ASUS website gave no obvious answers (presumably you wouldn't be asking if it did ...). But again, as long as your boot No it didn't. I appreciate and respect the time of the people who respond to my questions, so I don't post stuff that I can find easily on the ASUS site. drive isn't over 2 TB, then it probably doesn't matter. For now, it doesn't matter. Hitachi just announced a 5-platter 2 TB Deskstar, with "relaxed" bit densities, at list price $270 (IIRC). I'm sure that in about a year, there will be the 3-platter replacement, and in about 18 months, it will be under $100. So it's easy enough to imagine a 4 TB drive being announced in about 2 years. -AH |
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