----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gianluca Cecchi" <[email protected]> > To: "users" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:00:32 PM > Subject: [Users] Can I delay boot of VM so to interact with grub? > > Hello, > in VMware I can choose two things that sometimes are useful > > 1) boot directly in bios > I choose this when I want to attach an iso image to the VM > In oVirt probably could be obtained with run once and attach cd. > But in general it could be interesting this opportunity > > 2) choose a delay in boot > This way I can use the VM console befaore OS starts and if needed I > can interact with boot loader > (grub in Linux VM for example). > > When I open a spice console I'm not able to get usability before os > already in start after grub.
use "run once" to start a VM and in boot options pick "start paused" > > I see to options: > - create a delay in boot as in VMware > - give spice console the "-w" (for wait) option that already existed > in virt-viewer and not in remote-viewer so that one can spawn a > console window before the VM ha already been started. > > What do you think? > Is there anything already in place to jump into a vm before grub > completes (other than setting a long delay in grub itself)? > > Thanks > Gianluca > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
