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====== Provide_Boot_Menu_options_for_VMs_accessible_using_VNC ======

Note: This did not work on a Debian Lenny Host. It worked OK for Debian Squeeze (with more recent libvirt and kvm).

 virsh shutdown deb01     <nowiki>//</nowiki>make sure it actually shuts down via acpi
 virsh edit deb01
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>add in the bold lines below
   <os>
    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    **<boot dev='cdrom'/>**         <nowiki>//</nowiki>add this line
    **<bootmenu enable='yes'/>**    <nowiki>//</nowiki>add this line
  </os>
 .....
     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      **<source file='/root/gparted-live-0.7.1-1.iso'/>**    <nowiki>//</nowiki>add this line
      <readonly/>
    </disk>
 
 virsh start deb01

The manual approach to get KVM to boot off a cdrom is only to have the line: <boot dev='cdrom'/>

Once you start the VM (virsh start vm), connect using VNC. 
You can right-click on the VNC window titlebar, send a CTRL+ALT+DELETE to reboot the VM and then press F12 to see the boot bios.

http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/images/kvm-bios-boot-menu.jpg