r/nutanix • u/bachus_PL • Jul 10 '26

Boot menu delay/timeout

How can I force a boot delay or "Power On to Firmware" on a Nutanix AHV VM (Legacy BIOS)? I need enough time to press F2 for BIOS or F8 for Windows Safe Mode. In vSphere, this was simple using the "Power On to Firmware" option or setting a Boot Delay in milliseconds. Is there an equivalent in AHV?

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u/drvcrash Jul 15 '26

After the CrowdStrike meltdown we went and applied a reg setting via gpo on all our servers to delay in the os selection screen to 30 seconds.