Chapter 7: Troubleshooting

6 Remove all other bootable media from the server.

Your server has problems booting to the USB flash memory device that has a partition and is formatted correctly

To correct the problem:

1

Run FDISK/MBR

2

Make sure the partition is active.

3

Make sure the partition has been correctly formatted as a bootable partition.

4

Use the boot manager to select the boot device.

Important

 

The USB flash memory device will only be present in the boot

 

 

manager while it is plugged in. After the USB flash memory device

 

 

 

 

 

 

is removed and the system is rebooted, the USB flash memory device

 

 

 

will no longer be seen in the boot manager.

 

 

 

 

Your server boots to EFI when trying to boot to a USB diskette drive or to the USB flash memory device

This typically indicates that no key was pressed when prompted to enter the System Options menu or that the first boot device is EFI.

To correct the problem:

1 At the EFI Shell command prompt, type EXIT to return to the System Options menu.

2

3

Select Boot Manager from the System Options menu.

Select the correct boot device from the list.

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