ThinkDifferently wrote: > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> In your motherboard BIOS is there any entry that controls which >> controller boots first? If so set it to boot from the add-in card first >> instead of the >> onboard controller. >> > > In my BIOS there is the following... > Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter] > 1. SCSI-0: : RocketRAID 3120 SATA C > 2. Bootable Add-in Cards
So what happens when you choose 2. Bootable Add-in Cards, save the setting and reboot with [Hard Disk] as First Boot Device? > First Boot Device [CDROM] > Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] > Third Boot Device [USB-FDD] > > For grins, I tried making Hard Disk the first boot device and disabling > the > others. I also tried moving the card to another PCI slot. Finally, I > tried shutting off any unnecessary devices on the mobo to include the > unused serial & parallel headers, usb, firewire, etc. > > Nothing changed. > > On reset... > 1) The RocketRAID card beeps. > 2) The motherboard BIOS screen is displayed. > 3) The RocketRAID BIOS screen is displayed. > 4) It shows all devices that are enabled and their interrupt settings. > 5) It tries to boot from the "Hard Disk", which is set to "SCSI-0: : > RocketRAID 3120 SATA C". > 6) It resets and the above repeats. > > In the table of devices that I mention in #4, above, see the attached > image. > It shows up as "RAID Cntrlr". In this screenshot, just about everything > else is turned off. > http://www.nabble.com/file/p21489832/P1158072.jpg > > > Michael Powell-6 wrote: >> >> Also ensure that in the Highpoint card BIOS INT 13 is >> "on", should be this way by default. >> > > Yes, that is enabled. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
