So today I moved all of my drives and my unraid USB stick to my new server.  I set it up in the bios to give the USB boot priority.  But when it gets to the boot screen all it is is a black screen with a blinking cursor. 

I tried the boot to the UEFI USB and the "generic flash device"... and it's not booting.

It was booting no more than 5 minutes before.

Also to note, I have tried the USB in the front USB ports and the back USB ports.  In my bios I do have the non-UEFI as my #1 bootable device. 

Edited May 2, 20188 yr by Meller

52 minutes ago, Meller said:

the boot screen all it is is a black screen with a blinking cursor. 

That typically means the BIOS didn't find anything to boot.

 

Have you tried manually selecting the boot device at boot time? There is usually a key you can press to choose.

 

Maybe if you told us your motherboard someone else will have some experience with it.

It's a Foxconn T2491602 instead of a Chenbro RM41824.

I did.  I selected the USB drive for an override boot.

I solved it.  I had to go into the BIOS and change the mass storage device from "auto" to "hard disk".  Booted no problem.