How to specify boot order in qemu.

[Rylyguy]

I’m trying to install windows to a .qcow2 in qemu but instead of booting to the cdrom it’s booting to the hdd. How can I specify boot order? TIA

[Rylyguy]

1 minute ago, zhnu said:

Well are you passing parameters to the VM via CLI or are you using something like libvirt?

Via command line. macOS host btw. 

[Rylyguy]

5 minutes ago, zhnu said:

Ahh thats UEFI booting then:

 

Let's say you have:

#       -device ide-hd,bus=sata.3,drive=InstallMedia

You can just remove this line all it will just not have the install drive.

 

 

I don’t understand. I’ll send a photo of what I currently have. I don’t have a line that looks like that. 

[Rylyguy]

6 minutes ago, zhnu said:

Ahh thats UEFI booting then:

 

Let's say you have:

#       -device ide-hd,bus=sata.3,drive=InstallMedia

You can just remove this line all it will just not have the install driv

[Rylyguy]

1 minute ago, zhnu said:

Ok just remove the -cdrom line

Ooh. I see the misunderstanding. No. I’m trying to install windows from that iso. I haven’t actually installed windows yet. Instead of booting to the windows install setup it’s booting to the hdd. 

[Rylyguy]

3 minutes ago, zhnu said:

Ahhh okay then on that line do
 

 -boot d -cdrom /Users....

 

Thank you. It still didn’t automatically boot to cd but it gave me the option to press any key to boot to cd. Thx. 

[manikyath]

13 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

Thank you. It still didn’t automatically boot to cd but it gave me the option to press any key to boot to cd. Thx. 

19 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

I’m trying to install windows from that iso.

your issue is resolved, but i wanted to add this just for completeness:

the "press any key to boot to CD" is a feature of windows install media.

[Rylyguy]

On 11/24/2020 at 10:26 AM, manikyath said:

your issue is resolved, but i wanted to add this just for completeness:

the "press any key to boot to CD" is a feature of windows install media.

Oh ok. Though this was in open bios. So I’m not fully comprehending how that is a part of windows install media. 
 

[manikyath]

25 minutes ago, Rylyguy said:

Oh ok. Though this was in open bios. So I’m not fully comprehending how that is a part of windows install media. 
 

it's part of the installation media, because the installer reboots during the installation, and the user cant be expected to be present to remove the installation media in time.

if the feature werent present, you'd end up right at the start of the setup when it reboots.