I am seeking for a VM solution that supports the Windows 8 VMs to boot from UEFI. It seems currently vSphere 5 does not support Window 8 yet and WorkStation 8 does. However from the product description I saw vSphere claims to support UEFI boot but WorkStation 8 does not.
So what's the recommondation here? In order to get both supported do I have to wait until Windows 8 is supported in vSphere?
Thanks!
that is expected
you can not change from BIOS to EFI after the VM is already installed - create a new VM if you want to use EFI
Did you try this yourself ? - I doubt so ...
at the moment I think it is impossible to run Windows 8 on esxi5 - it only works in Workstation 8
by the way - to run Windows 8 on Workstation
firmware = "efi"
is not necessary
so does work station 8 support UEFI boot?
Sorry I have tried and Windows 8 does not boot on ESXi 5...
yes
My Windows 8 started to install on WorkStation 8. Thanks!
Is there any way that I could choose the boot mode between UEFI and BIOS?
sure - set
firmware = "efi"
in the vmx-file
that is expected
you can not change from BIOS to EFI after the VM is already installed - create a new VM if you want to use EFI
Oh yeah. It works now. Thanks a lot!