Re: can not boot from second disk after installation which computer use zfs and raid1

On Sun, 15 Oct 2023, PstreeM China wrote:

> hello Expert:
> It's glad to discuss with you.
> here is my issue: 
> 
> I have an computer which has 2 sata ssd, and i install freebsd 13.2 in the
> computer.
> during the installation stage, i select to use zfs  and raid1, choice uefi
> as the boot support.
> 
> after the installation, test only the first disk
>  can be boot.  
> only one bootable disk can be found in the bios's boot menu. 
> if i remove the first disk, i can not boot into the
>  system.
> 
> try use the command gpart bootcode
>  to write the bootcode into the second disk, but not work.
> 
> google's result is also no help for this issue.
> launch this session to ask if someone face the same question or can give
> some solution to fix this. very thanks.

You did not say if each disk was bootable or you had multiple partitions on 
one or more of the disks. If you want a GUI check out Grub. On some systems 
I had Grub was too much trouble. Most if not all BIOS have an option to 
select a bootable disk or partition. On Dell it is F!2.