Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 09:18:15 -0700 From: Aaron VanAlstine <aaronvan@comcast.net> To: Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ASUS P5LD2 motherboard won't boot from HD Message-ID: <C0A06CD7.2E47%aaronvan@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4479ED78.7080305@rcn.com>
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Thanks. There seems to be two areas in the BIOS where I can set the boot drive. In the setup utility the 1st boot device is set to Intel Striped RAID. Additionally, there is an option during POST to select the boot drive by hitting F8. Although I select hard drive from that screen, it always defaults to the CD/DVD. On 5/28/06 11:35, "Gary Corcoran" <gcorcoran@rcn.com> wrote: > Aaron VanAlstine wrote: >> I'm a newbie and I just built my first computer. I successfully loaded >> FreeBSD 6.0 from CD; however, the computer seems to think the CD-ROM is = a >> hard drive and is trying to boot from that. During boot-up it auto detec= ts >> the DVD ROM as the Pri Master, and the two HDs as 3rd and 4th Master. Wh= en >> it gets to the boot-stage, I get a message =B3Reboot and Select proper Boo= t >> device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key.=B2 >> According to the BIOS setup utility the 1st boot device is Intel Striped >> RAID. Yet, when I restart and hit F8 to select the BBS popup menu, it >> appears that the DVD is still the boot device. I change it to the HD and >> re-boot and still I get the original message above. >>=20 >> The DVD/CD cable is connected to the blue primary IDE on the motherboard= and >> the two HD are connected to SATA1 and SATA2. From the Main screen of the >> BIOS setup utility: >>=20 >> -- Primary IDE Master is the NEC DVD RW. >> -- Primary IDE Slave Not Detected, >> -- IDE Configuration is RAID (OnBoard Serial-ATA BOOTROM is Disabled.) >>=20 >> Any ideas on how I can make the system boot from the Hard drive? Thanks! >=20 > Try changing your BIOS settings so that your hard drive is the > first boot device, AND/OR change the BIOS settings so that the "first dis= k" > is the first SATA hard drive (and not IDE). >=20 > If that doesn't work, sorry, I can't help further - I've never setup a sy= stem > with no parallel ATA disks at all. >=20 > Gary
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