How to change Boot Delay on VMWare Servers

08-17-10

Often when working on remote VMWare servers and you want to boot an ISO from the datastore it doesn’t give you enough time to press ESCAPE and select the CD-ROM. There is an easy fix… Add / Edit the VMX file for the server you are trying CD boot and add the line: bios.bootDelay = "boot delay in milliseconds" – Save the file back in the datastore and your done!

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