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4 Replies Last post: Nov 16, 2007 3:35 AM by Illaire

boot order

Nov 16, 2007 1:05 AM

bc_teoh 10 posts since
Oct 31, 2007

On the guest environment. How to change the boot order. Eg, CD-ROM first and follow by HD. When I press the F2. BIOS option will not able to kick in.

Re: boot order Nov 16, 2007 2:03 AM

osde.info 812 posts since
Jan 25, 2005

Click inside the console area with your mouse as soon as you see the VMware BIOS start up then quickly press F2 or ESC !

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clive
http://www.osde.info

Re: boot order Nov 16, 2007 2:07 AM

bc_teoh 10 posts since
Oct 31, 2007

I had press the F2 till the keyboard broken but it wont work. Perhaps this happen in beta 2. Can any one confirm the problem?

Re: boot order Nov 16, 2007 2:26 AM

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osde.info 812 posts since
Jan 25, 2005

but did you click the mouse until the mouse died BEFORE pressing ESC or F2 ?

regards
clive
http://www.osde.info

Re: boot order Nov 16, 2007 3:35 AM

Illaire 201 posts since
Jul 27, 2005

bc_teoh wrote:

On the guest environment. How to change the boot order. Eg, CD-ROM first and follow by HD. When I press the F2. BIOS option will not able to kick in.

If you use the VI client, you have lots of new features including the ability to go directly to the BIOS. Very very good idea, it was sometimes difficult to do on ESX or VMware - the boot is so quick!

- go to you VM with the VI client
- stop the machine
- then Options tab
- then "Boot options"
- check "Force BIOS setup".

The machine will now boot directly to the BIOS and you'll can change the boot order settings you want to.

Another option would be to set the Boot-On Delay to a sensible value (5 000 ms), which should give you enough time to press the ESCape key.

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