On 2014-08-12 14:09, Barney Cordoba wrote: > The bios only gives you one choice for "HDD". You can't select one of the 4 > drives to boot from. You can specify USB or CD or HDD, but Not HDD2 or HDD3. > > BC > > > On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:16 PM, John Nielsen <li...@jnielsen.net> wrote: > > > > On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Barney Cordoba <barney_cord...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> A continuing issue (with 9.1 previously and now 10) is that FreeBSD >> occasionally (or always) seems to boot from the 2nd installed drive >> rather than the first. I'd be happy to debug this, but I have no idea if >> it's bootcode or a BIOS issue. Supermicro pleads innocent, but their bios >> guys are hard to work with and fairly arrogant if you don't specifically >> isolate something. >> >> The scenario occurs when ada0 is upgraded and has an incompatible kernel >> with other code on drive ada1. (note that ada1 is a backup of the >> pre-upgrade ada0, so it's fstab points to ada0 for mount points). The system >> will boot and then modules will fail to load. It loads the kernel from >> ada1 and then mounts partitions from ada0; old kernel and newer modules. >> >> The problem is resolved by popping the 2nd drive. So there is nothing wrong >> with ada0 to cause it to bounce to ada1. >> >> My question: What would cause the system to boot from ada1 instead of ada0? >> Bios or Bootcode? > > BIOS, most likely. If the disk controller in question is onboard you should > be able to specify which disk(s) and what order they will be booted from. If > not, you'll need to just say <disk controller> in the BIOS boot order then go > to the controllers BIOS to say which disk(s) to boot from and in what order. > I have recent experience with a SuperMicro box and an LSI controller; the > latter allows you to specify a (b)oot drive and an (a)lternate. Yes, b comes > before a. :) > > JN > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
There is usually a second menu after you select 'HDD' in the boot order menu, something like 'HDD Boot Priority' that lets you select the correct disk to boot from http://s1121.photobucket.com/user/SleeperPro/media/BIOSBoot.jpg.html So after you select 'HDD" in the 'boot device priority' menu, go to the 'hard disk drives' menu and set the order of the drives. -- Allan Jude
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