EFI or pcbios

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thumper78
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EFI or pcbios

Post by thumper78 »

I want to run the following command:

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VBoxManage setextradata "VM-name" "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" "BIOS Vendor"
But the Administrator's guide says "In case your VM is configured to use EFI firmware you need to replace pcbios by efi in the keys."

How do I find out if my VM is configured to use EFI ?
scottgus1
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Re: EFI or pcbios

Post by scottgus1 »

Select the VM in the list. System settings, Motherboard tab, "Enable EFI" checkbox. Checked = EFI BIOS. Unchecked = legacy BIOS.
thumper78
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Re: EFI or pcbios

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OK, That it. thanks for the reply.
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