[vbox-dev] VirtualBox ignoring boot order

[Larry Finger]

On 9/20/20 9:35 PM, Dan Egli wrote:
> I'm wondering about some strange behavior VirtualBox is showing. If you have 
> both a bootable CD and a Bootable hard drive image selected, the CD is NEVER 
> booted. The only way to boot from a CD seems to be when the hard drive does not 
> have boot information. If there IS boot information, then the Hard Disk is 
> ALWAYS the boot source. I've tried everything I can think of. I put the CD above 
> the hard disk in the boot order. I even unselected EVERYTHING EXCEPT the CD 
> drive, and VirtualBox still refuses to boot from a CD if it's hard disk is 
> bootable.
> 
> I'd love some advice here, or is this a bug?

If it is a bug, it does not happen here with a Linux host and a Windows 7 guest. 
The expected behavior happens. If there is a bootable CD in the virtual drive, 
it is booted. I have not seen it with other guests, but I did not test just now.

What version of VB?

Larry