Hi,
Let say I have sol10x86 installed in an instance in ESX3.
Now I want to boot that instance from cdrom.
The sol10x86 cdrom is in my notebook xp.
In sparc machine, I just insert the cdrom into the server and when boot press "STOP A" and type "boot cdrom -s"
How do I do the samething in Sol10x86 in ESX
thanks
when you see the vmware boot screen you can press ESC in your virtual machine, a boot menu appears. select boot from CDROM.
but you must be very quick.. to give your some extra time
do the following with your virtual machine settings in the VI-client.
Edit Settings --> Options --> Boot Options --> change from 0 to 600 for example.
when you see the vmware boot screen you can press ESC in your virtual machine, a boot menu appears. select boot from CDROM.
but you must be very quick.. to give your some extra time
do the following with your virtual machine settings in the VI-client.
Edit Settings --> Options --> Boot Options --> change from 0 to 600 for example.
thank you for your very fast reply.
I tried your solution.
Basically it will prompt me to boot from hd,cdrom or network.
I event set BIOS to first try booting from cdrom.
I put sol10x86 dvd in my laptop and set my vi client to automatically connect to E drive of my laptop.
In vi client, the cdrom icon still connected even if I reboot vm instance.
But still when I boot vm instance, it still boot from hd.
QUESTIONS:
-where I should type "boot cdrom -s"
Sorry dmaster,
My mistake, I mistakenly put sparc dvd instead of x86 version.
Your solution is working
thanks