Can I modify an existing VM's .vmx file from MBR to EFI or does it only work when creating new VM's?
Hi indicium,
Our virtual EFI implementation does not include a Compatibility Support Module, which is required to boot a non-EFI-aware OS using EFI.
Contrary to lakshya32's advice, if you have an existing VM with an installed OS and you switch it from BIOS to EFI, it will almost certainly be rendered unbootable. Switching the firmware back to BIOS should restore the VM to operation; Otherwise, as dayworker correctly says, you will need to reinstall the OS so that it is partitioned for EFI (using GPT instead of MBR) and has the EFI bootloader installed instead of the BIOS bootloader.
Let me know if you have any further questions!
Cheers,
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Darius
You can change this setting but in most cases you have to install the guest from scratch.
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both answer is yes
please let us know if have any problem after edit.
Hi indicium,
Our virtual EFI implementation does not include a Compatibility Support Module, which is required to boot a non-EFI-aware OS using EFI.
Contrary to lakshya32's advice, if you have an existing VM with an installed OS and you switch it from BIOS to EFI, it will almost certainly be rendered unbootable. Switching the firmware back to BIOS should restore the VM to operation; Otherwise, as dayworker correctly says, you will need to reinstall the OS so that it is partitioned for EFI (using GPT instead of MBR) and has the EFI bootloader installed instead of the BIOS bootloader.
Let me know if you have any further questions!
Cheers,
--
Darius
I'm going to leave the existing VM's alone and use EFI the next time I create a new VM.