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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:02:02 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        admin <admin@azuni.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PC] booting RAID before IDE
Message-ID:  <20081128150059.F5057@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <200811281313.mASDDgjG083588@ns0.azuni.net>
References:  <200811281313.mASDDgjG083588@ns0.azuni.net>

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> them using dump to another IDE disk. The problem is that when both the RAID 
> array and the IDE disk are plugged in PC, it's unable to boot off the array, 
> trying the empty IDE disk instead. Is there a way to boot from the array, and 
> yet be able to use the new disk?

simply read BIOS manual :)

if it can't, boot from CD/DVD stop bootprocess pressing 6 at bootmenu then

set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:your-array's-partition"
boot




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