<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>When I add a USB disk from an image it always shows up as the 1st disk so the boot order using "c" will always select USB. </p> <p>How do I boot from the 1st hard drive without disconnecting USB? </p> <p><br> </p> <p></p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </p> <div>-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci \</div> <div>-drive file=$HDD1,if=virtio,index=0 \</div> <div>-drive file=$HDD2,if=virtio,index=1 \</div> <div>-drive file=$CD1,media=cdrom,if=ide,index=2 \</div> <div>-drive file=$CD2,media=cdrom,if=ide,index=3 \</div> <div>-drive if=none,id=usb_stick,file=/rpool/virtualmachines/qa-tableau04/usb.img,index=4 \</div> <div>-device usb-storage,bus=uhci.0,drive=usb_stick \</div> <br> <p></p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have also tried with using the bootindex option in -device but it seems that you have to use -boot "strict" option which is not supported in Illumos. </p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Using the -boot "menu=on" option I can select the correct boot device, but at a loss why index doesnt work and also attaching drives with -device so that I can use the bootindex option doesnt make a difference. </p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am starting to get the feeling that some aspects may be hard coded.</p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin: 0.357143em 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br> </p> <p></p> </div> </body> </html>