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3 Replies Last post: Jan 24, 2009 8:07 AM by jimbo45  

Mega frustrated -- Boot up is TOO FAST -- Can't get into VM BIOS setup to change Boot device. not enough time posted: Jan 24, 2009 6:39 AM

Click to view jimbo45's profile Hot Shot 300 posts since
May 26, 2006
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
Click to view Troy Clavell's profile Guru 6,233 posts since
Oct 12, 2007
check out this thread, there's a way to delay the BIOS

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

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Click to view continuum's profile Guru 12,616 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

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

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