> > Also, I think the behavior was different with earlier versions. > Yes, it was. The behaviour changed when bootindex was introduced. I think it > should be easy to switch it back to what it was for -boot option, but -boot > is/should be deprecated in favor of bootindex anyway. > Implementing opt out from boot process for bootindex is doable but more > involving. But I found no way to disable booting a network device using bootindex - you can just set the order with that. > > For example, if I set 'boot order=d' (boot from cdrom) and there is no cdrom in > the drive slot. Then the VM will boot from the network an our windows > installation server (RIS/WDS) will automatically trash all data on the VM disk. > That is quite dangerous. > > > One can argue that having such brokenly configured server in your network is > dangerous anyway. What about physical computer that can be trashed before > you even realize you had to disable network booting in the BIOS? All hardware I know does not boot from network if I have disabled it - that's exactly the point! I want to disable network boot, so how can I do that? - Dietmar -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
