Hello everyone,,
I'm about to install a new server and I wonder if BIOS or UEFI is better.
Do you have any experience or recommendations?
A related question; the hardware raids were created in UEFI mode - does that matter if I use BIOS?
I've done a bit of web searching and didn't find any definite answers…
BIOS or UEFI on new server?
Re: BIOS or UEFI on new server?
Personally I still use legacy BIOS but I don't think it makes much difference though it appears to me that there is more to go wrong with UEFI setups. I don't think it makes any difference whether you create a RAID array in either mode since it will be blank and the difference would be whether or not the "disk" has a GPT label and that's put there by software.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: BIOS or UEFI on new server?
If you have >= 2TB of storage or if you want to use secure boot, UEFI is the way to go. I'd say if you don't have a specific need to use BIOS, use UEFI. It's the current way of doing these things.