After going through several VNC clients the only one that allowed me to press F8 and get to the "advanced boot options menu" was TigerVNC
However it would be great to know if SmartOS has the capability to delay the start up of a KVM VM similar to VMware On Jun 27, 2017 12:41 PM, "Humberto Ramirez" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, yes I've tried that but safe mode is not what I need. > > Need to press F8 to get to the repair option in the menu. > > > On Jun 27, 2017 12:22 PM, "Derek Crud" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Have you tried just going to 'msconfig' tool and telling it to boot safe >> mode? Haven't tried this yet but it may work. >> >> There's also the shutdown /o option but I've had no luck getting the >> command to take. >> >> Derek >> >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Humberto Ramirez <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> My VMs have static vnc ports assigned at creation on the json file, >>> random vnc ports are not the issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2017 11:45 AM, "Humberto Ramirez" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Which VNC client do you use? >>>> >>>> I'm trying tight vnc but that trick doesn't work... >>>> >>>> On Jun 27, 2017 11:28 AM, "Nigel W" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I usually use vmadm reboot uuid -f when I need to catch a boot menu >>>>> after getting connected by VNC. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Humberto Ramirez <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, is there a way to force a KVM vm delay the startup? (same as >>>>>> vmware's *Boot Delay?) * >>>>>> >>>>>> *I've noticed also that the vnc connection is not available >>>>>> immediately after vmadm start uuid... * >>>>>> >>>>>> For some windows guests I need press F8 during startup to run >>>>>> troubleshooting... >>>>>> >>>>>> Thx. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/27825507-82e246d1> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
