KVM probably does have the option to do this (it's available in Proxmox, for example) - whether it's exposed in SmartOS (or even ported) is another question.
I have got around this in the past by making an ISO with grub configured to wait 60 seconds before quitting/handing back to the BIOS. Gives long enough to get the VNC port and connect. Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2017, at 02:40, Humberto Ramirez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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/images/feed-icon-10x10.jpg40a3498.jpg?uri=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlzdGJveC5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2ZlZWQtaWNvbi0xMHgxMC5qcGc] <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/28443474-1732e24d> | Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription [https://www.listbox.com/images/listbox-logo-small.png40a3498.png?uri=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlzdGJveC5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2xpc3Rib3gtbG9nby1zbWFsbC5wbmc] <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
