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O.P. RE: Virtual Machine Problem
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the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios

well that's where you change the boot order...
yes i realise that but it loads to quickly for me to change it, is there anything else i can do?

click faster?
i have about 1/2 a second to click the mouse button to focus on the vm and press F12 at the same time. it just does not work
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02-07-2008 11:50 AM
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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
Well, I know that in Virtual PC (Microsoft), you can choose to use a physical disc drive (CD / DVD) for the virtual drive of your virtual machine. It seems that there's some sort of drop-down menu in VMWare too... are you sure that's set to the correct "real" drive?
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O.P. RE: Virtual Machine Problem
in the drop down menu there is no option to change the boot sequence
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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
if you don't have anything on the vm yet, it should go to cd after checking the vhd (unless disabled for some reason in bios)
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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
When the virtual machine boots, press Ctrl-Alt-Ins to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del command. This will reboot VM Player, and bring you back to the BIOS page...
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Then just press F2 to change it permanently ;)
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O.P. RE: Virtual Machine Problem
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When the virtual machine boots, press Ctrl-Alt-Ins to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del command. This will reboot VM Player, and bring you back to the BIOS page...
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Then just press F2 to change it permanently ;)
have u actually tried this cus when i tried it it made no difference

EDIT: i actually went into the bios and changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000 (and yes i did save before exiting setup)

EDIT 2: I now have screenie showing you i have changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000

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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
cos your doing it all wrong enable  legacy emulation then open your vmx file(in notepad) and specfiy a drive letter

code:
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "e:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:1.present = "TRUE"
ide1:1.fileName = "i:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"


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cos your doing it all wrong enable  legacy emulation then open your vmx file(in notepad) and specfiy a drive letter

code:
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "e:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:1.present = "TRUE"
ide1:1.fileName = "i:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"


nope didnt work, still boots from Intel E1000. does anyboody have any idea why it refuses to change boot sequence?
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RE: Virtual Machine Problem
Try disabling the VM's ethernet device.
If that doesn't work, try loading a liveCD iso instead of inserting a physical disc (if that's an option on VMware Player, Ive only used VMware Workstation)
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