Bahramov's Personal Blog » VMWare Workstation http://www.bahramov.com Computers, databases, networks and virtualization Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:24:28 +0000 en hourly 1 VMWare Workstation: Set BIOS POST delay http://www.bahramov.com/2009/03/18/vmware-workstation-set-bios-post-delay/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.bahramov.com/2009/03/18/vmware-workstation-set-bios-post-delay/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:25:54 +0000 Zaur Bahramov http://www.bahramov.com/?p=59 In VMWare Workstation if you need to configure the BIOS POST delay you have to edit the .vmx file as follows:

bios.bootDelay = "5000"

– adds an additional 5 second boot delay
OR:

bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE"

– forces the VM to enter the BIOS on the next start (this parameter will be automatically reset to FALSE).

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