讓VMware支持EFI啟動方式

作者：Windows?Hao?發(fā)布于：2012-05-10?分類：技術(shù)文獻

(U)EFI?is?the?next?generation?of?BIOS.??When?you?install?ESXi?5.0?on?VMware?Workstation?8,?it?just?uses?a?regular?BIOS.

It?is?however?possible?to?use?EFI?instead?of?BIOS.

The?vSphere?Installation?and?Setup?guide?states?that?you?shouldn’t?change?the?boot?type?from?BIOS?to?EFI?on?an?already?installed?ESXi?host.??It?does?work?however?in?VMware?Workstation.??But?for?production?systems,?just?stick?to?the?guide?and?reinstall?the?host?using?EFI?instead?of?BIOS?on?your?hardware?server.

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Now,?your?normal?Virtualized?vSphere?host?in?VMware?Workstation?uses?a?BIOS.??Notice?this?in?the?startup?screen?when?you?boot?the?VM:

Power?down?your?Virtual?ESXi?host.??Go?to?the?location?where?the?vmx?file?is?stored?and?edit?it?with?your?favorite?editor.

Add?the?line?firmware?=?“efi”?somewhere?in?the?vmx?file.

Close?and?save?the?vmx?file.??Power?On?the?ESXi?host.??You’ll?notice?the?progress?bar?at?the?bottom?during?the?boot?is?gone:

If?you?look?into?the?vmware.log?you?can?also?see?some?references?that?he’s?using?EFI?now:

Et?voila,?your?ESXi?hosts?are?now?booting?from?EFI?instead?of?BIOS!

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Tip:?if?you?press?ESC?during?the?boot,?you?can?configure?some?EFI?parameters.??Play?with?it?and?learn?to?know?if?since?EFI?will?replace?BIOS?gradually!

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轉(zhuǎn)載：http://www.datarelab.com/blog/Technical_literature/VMware_EFI.html

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轉(zhuǎn)載于:https://blog.51cto.com/bingle/1203758

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