VMware Communities: Message List - Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time

Re: Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time

jimbo45 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:07:42 GMT

Hi guys found the answer -- simpler than I thought 6.5.1 has a direct Power==> Power to Bios in the menu (people had obviously encountered this problem before).

Cheers

jimbo

Re: Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time

continuum — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:30:14 GMT

check the bios-vmx-parameters

http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-advanced.html#bios

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description of vmx-parameters: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html
VMware-liveCD: http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html

Re: Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time

Troy Clavell — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:56:52 GMT

check out this thread, there's a way to delay the BIOS

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/106757

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Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time

jimbo45 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:39:03 GMT

Hi guys --I never EVER thought I have to say this on a computer but the VM boot up sequence is TOO fast.
I just don't have time to press the correct keys in time to get either the BIOS set up or ESC to get the boot menu.

Any tricks to slow this down so I can actually boot from the CD.

Normally I want computers to go faster but this is one instance where it's TOO FAST. By the time I can even get a key press to enter I get Invalid System Disk -- I KNOW it's invalid system disc that's why I'm trying to install anew guest from the CD -- ths Quick Create VM wizard is no good in this case as I have to swap CD's several time during the install and the wizard doesn't release the CD until the Guest OS is installed.

Cheers
jimbo