Re: install/52094 (amd64 iso is only bootable in efi mode on legacy Mac)

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Subject: Re: install/52094 (amd64 iso is only bootable in efi mode on legacy Mac)
From: maya%netbsd.org@localhost
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:45:01 +0000 (UTC)

The following reply was made to PR install/52094; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: maya%netbsd.org@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: install/52094 (amd64 iso is only bootable in efi mode on legacy
 Mac)
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:40:15 +0000

 Legacy boot is optional, firmware is allowed to be EFI-only.
 It's not unexpected for a machine designed to run mostly one OS to skip
 the backwards compatibility part, and EFI-only will get more common as
 time goes on.

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