[OmniOS-discuss] Virtual USB media boot order

[Machine Man]

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.

How do I boot from the 1st hard drive without disconnecting USB?


-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci \
-drive file=$HDD1,if=virtio,index=0 \
-drive file=$HDD2,if=virtio,index=1 \
-drive file=$CD1,media=cdrom,if=ide,index=2 \
-drive file=$CD2,media=cdrom,if=ide,index=3 \
-drive if=none,id=usb_stick,file=/rpool/virtualmachines/qa-tableau04/usb.img,index=4 \
-device usb-storage,bus=uhci.0,drive=usb_stick \


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.


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.

I am starting to get the feeling that some aspects may be hard coded.


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