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Finding out what which boot mode did I choose

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Asus h61 m lx-3
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Intel Celeron g2030
Graphics
Ati Radeon 5670
I have installed OSX Sierra, like year ago or so, and I really forgot what boot mode did I choose back that. I am talking about this step from the guide:

12. At Select OS Installation screen choose Sierra and click Continue
13. At Bootloader Options screen choose UEFI Boot Mode or Legacy Boot Mode. UEFI Boot Mode is recommended for 7/8/9/100 Series CustoMac desktops and all UEFI capable systems. Legacy Boot Mode is recommended for 5/6 Series CustoMac desktops and all BIOS based systems.

How to find out which boot mode I have selected ? My motherboard is UEFI capable though, but I guess I could have selected Legacy Boot Mode as well back then. I am asking this, because I (finally) want to setup dual boot on my computer (two separate hard drives) OSX and Windows 7, and I have heard, that you can't install OSX as Legacy and Windows as UEFI...
 
In terminal
Code:
bdmesg | grep "Starting Clover"
If you see Starting on AMI EFI it's UEFI, Starting on Clover EFI it's legacy
 
Thanks a bunch! It says:
Starting Clover revision: 3766 on CLOVER EFI

so that would be Legacy.

It is a bit off-topic, but does this means that I should install Windows in legacy mode ? @vulgo
 
Yes, either that, or reinstall Clover for UEFI and turn off BIOS legacy booting.
 
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