[SeaBIOS] Re: disk not shown in boot options

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 08:43:56PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I ordered a virtual machine that uses qemu and seabios. The boot menu
> shows the DVD drives, PXE etc, but not the HDD. The HDD is being
> detected in the live system (FreeBSD) and I was able to let the
> installer install the OS (FreeBSD 14.2) to it (GPT with bios-boot
> partition).
>
> Are there any checks before a device is being listed in the boot menu,
> e.g. if there is an MBR partition with an active flag (already
> experienced that on some motherboards)?

seabios does not look at the MBR.  It does check the qemu boot order
though.  If present devices which are not included there might be
skipped.

take care,
  Gerd