From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 18:24:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ECC31EB6 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.scaleengine.net (beauharnois2.bhs1.scaleengine.net [142.4.218.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A419E3C9A for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (senat1-01.HML3.ScaleEngine.net [209.51.186.5]) (Authenticated sender: allanjude.freebsd@scaleengine.com) by mx1.scaleengine.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5803E35345 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:24:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53EA5C19.4060604@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:25:29 -0400 From: Allan Jude User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting a SuperMicro Superserver References: <1407861156.35826.YahooMailNeo@web121606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <0D393AB7-4632-4BF8-95A3-D8AF25D53E60@jnielsen.net> <1407866979.73449.YahooMailNeo@web121604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1407866979.73449.YahooMailNeo@web121604.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mmdOR6ibOUdCuFk9jr6dTROp2tJ6rV5VN" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:24:59 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --mmdOR6ibOUdCuFk9jr6dTROp2tJ6rV5VN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2014-08-12 14:09, Barney Cordoba wrote: > The bios only gives you one choice for "HDD". You can't select one of t= he 4 drives to boot from. You can specify USB or CD or HDD, but Not HDD2 = or HDD3. >=20 > BC >=20 >=20 > On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:16 PM, John Nielsen = wrote: > =20 >=20 >=20 > On Aug 12, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Barney Cordoba = wrote: >=20 >=20 >> A continuing issue (with 9.1 previously and now 10) is that FreeBSD oc= casionally (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 b= ios >> guys are hard to work with and fairly arrogant if you don't specifical= ly isolate something. >> >> The scenario occurs when ada0 is upgraded and has an incompatible kern= el 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 modu= les. >> >> 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? >=20 > BIOS, most likely. If the disk controller in question is onboard you sh= ould be able to specify which disk(s) and what order they will be booted = from. If not, you'll need to just say in the BIOS boot = order then go to the controllers BIOS to say which disk(s) to boot from a= nd in what order. I have recent experience with a SuperMicro box and an L= SI controller; the latter allows you to specify a (b)oot drive and an (a)= lternate. Yes, b comes before a. :) >=20 > JN > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 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. --=20 Allan Jude --mmdOR6ibOUdCuFk9jr6dTROp2tJ6rV5VN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJT6lwcAAoJEJrBFpNRJZKf9yYP/0hRvTXLrQV48YhDnK2tLYdo 18cGPvMKWOs1bySEqkJViUHFnCd5vhCC/whme5sPhcuUnJuT02lA/rUPfB0LN+BA eK20y9tRHDDm3b0DGSDAymC+CsP8UhkBtPlZsZuhdjdskmPbHBPEUKZmmGPJJ9LN bTeXU+SbPZxoAjYUcZYifOpwJaNua0vIkQfEHOxDP3jPETyXyG4gkObpxGPa8ZtD 2+kjog36peXqEaV1l5hzLM6RuzLbIIXYbJTUF2TNN/H71wpBfcqJIxMVV6OUWfUK ybsA98qSkUNMepvK0QJnITLyffQj/7nyxDF3UNUKkU8kJtipvEmsuFhH4zKN7Pf3 TxjrW/AIQML/CFeGAjmP7+MY+INkXgM4xxgxHLD9cBAhKanLXJkCsUQwbYzXpDnr XPvIT5MeVwOkOwG7IbNtkPNxFUSI6MYnj/O6YLYJYwb70Avq60mApscsG5XMXZmH xYKJPAosHBWS58dikX1ajoU7070CVksGoR+szkPlGgLrgpX1Ad7hQpGQWFc60RFs 0TIZVfZHsfAV4OuZQH8A3BXuiL1Ho8nGIu7vjg6u0pNJY8eOlKyEZLDnBmcd55Ma cLTqscGikueuaAYG96HP1KQMsfaOhB9DLB80nxU61i6n6CLkZQ6BOlU6Z9FGDFoZ Li+Pa/LW8f+c8XVvZme+ =efU2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mmdOR6ibOUdCuFk9jr6dTROp2tJ6rV5VN--