So i pulled my USB drive out of my server to check to see if a different project would boot to unraid. All i cared about was it getting to the startup screen. It didn't but thats for latter. when i re inserted my USB to it's server it wouldn't boot into Uefi mode. About when it should start the process it dumps me back into bios. no mater what i try i can't get it to boot to uefi. I CAN get it to boot to non uefi mode by clicking it to boot from the disk one time, but it never accepts that mode as automatic.

 

Does this make sense?

 

Again, changed no hardware no settings until after it wouldn't boot, and then just the boot order. its been running fine for the better part of 6 years without needing to change a thing.

I've noticed that when you change drives, or replace them, the BIOS detects it on start-up and may alter the boot-order, even if you change nothing else. I'd first try the boot-menu during startup to select the UEFI USB-unRAID drive to see if it boots, and if it does, check your BIOS settings for the boot-order.

Boot order is thus

UEFI USB

nothing

nothing

 

will not see non UEFI side of USB in boot order only in the "once time" options

Thanks anyway

 

Edited October 17, 20241 yr by curving-stepladder2787

long story short is i can now longer boot to unraid unless manual.

The BIOS battery may be bad. 

I'll try but sounds too easy for the way my life works.

Replaced battery nada.

reset to default bios settings then set to boot only to UEFI. Nada as well.

 

is it even supposed to boot to uefi? or just to the legacy side of the usb?

I ask because a project computer i have wont boot to uefi either. Brand new usb.

gte some sort of red screen error message about secure something or another.

 

grrrr

 

 

You need to disable Secure boot.

well i figured it out.

on the boot menu that has all the drives listed, it was listed way at the bottom of 10 drives. I moved it up to 1st and that was that.

thanks to those who, sent ideas.