DarkKnight Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Can we please get some fixes to the VM GUI to support more of the various QEMU/KVM options that are available? Just moved over some VMs from ESXi, and it was a pain to get the XML straight. KVM apparently can handle VMDK's natively, but the GUI doesn't support it, so I had to find some examples online and get it sorted out. The docker GUI is really nice. The VM GUI feels like an afterthought in comparison. Would be nice if it could get the same kind of attention. Quote Link to comment
Arbadacarba Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I went looking for this request... I use a VM with a bootable CD/iso to perform disk task on client hard drive and would like to be able to more easily mount a unassigned drive and select the boot drive. Right now I have to go in and make changes to the xml Every Time. I love that this workflow is even possible, but would really like to see it performed more cleanly. Arbad Quote Link to comment
Arbadacarba Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I think I found the solution to my specific problem and thought I would post it here in case any one else is fighting it... Scenario: I'm booting a vm from an ISO in order to manipulate (Acronis, Paragon Disk Manager, etc.) physical hard drives plugged into my system in a dock. Problem: I have to edit the XML file every time I add a drive because the drive order changes to the 1st HDD preceding the "CD" drive. Solution: I renamed the .iso to .img and mounted it as the primary dard drive in the VM. Further: Is there a way to mount a share as a drive? Hope someone else finds this useful. Arbadacarba Quote Link to comment
Arbadacarba Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 How about just adding a persistent text area to the GUI so that you can insert things? I've had to insert an ARG for my pfsense box, and am not looking forward to it breaking when I next edit the VM and forget the changes. Quote Link to comment
nlz Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 +1 - feel like the VM interface could really use some and configuration updates 1 Quote Link to comment
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