Will 17.1 work on Mini PC w/ no UEFI without compatibility mode / legacy option?

[FFFutility]

Hello Everyone, new to the forum. Excited about a FOSS BSD based firewall...

I have seen posts touch on UEFI booting, but I have not seen a definitive answer on whether the FreeBSD 11 based 17.1 version will work on UEFI only systems. I have one, actually a couple, mini PCs that will only boot in UEFI mode. No legacy or compatibility support mode options at all.

One is  Atom Quad core Z3735F based (1.3GHz with 1.83GHz burst) and the other is Atom Quad Core X5-Z8500 based (1.44 GHz up to 2.24 GHz burst) If those are good enough for the higher security features would be an entirely different question.

Thanks for your help.

[bartjsmit]

Have you tried it?

Quad core is plenty for most use cases. If you are thinking of using OPNsense for VPN, you may want to stick with the X5-Z8500 since it supports AES in hardware.

Bart...