在VMware里面如何进入BIOS是个头疼的问题，因为启动界面一闪而过（下面两个图如果不设置bios.bootDelay，基本上很难抓到），即使你狂按F2或ESC键（ESC: 调整启动顺序;F2: 进入BIOS Setup) ，绝大部分都无法进入BIOS。因为VMware启动界面显示时间太短、系统无法识别按键而直接开启了系统。
研究了一下，发现VMware的配置文件.vmx可以控制这个过程, 网上提示有两种参数可以设置来解决这个问题：
1. 加入一行：bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" ；开机就自动进入BIOS!
不过VMware启动后，会将该参数由TRUE变为FALSE，如果您还要继续使用BIOS，就再手动改成TRUE即可；
2. 延长启动画面时间：bios.bootDelay = "10000"；10000为10秒。
特意在Vmware上测试了一下，如下所示，找到服务器GETTESTLX的Vmware的配置文件，具体内容如下所示，在配置文件末尾配置上面两个参数都能顺利进入BIOS。
.encoding = "UTF-8"config.version = "8"virtualHW.version = "8"nvram = "GETTESTLX.nvram"pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"svga.present = "TRUE"pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"pciBridge4.functions = "8"pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"pciBridge5.functions = "8"pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"pciBridge6.functions = "8"pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"pciBridge7.functions = "8"vmci0.present = "TRUE"hpet0.present = "TRUE"displayName = "GETTESTLX"extendedConfigFile = "GETTESTLX.vmxf"virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"memSize = "1024"scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"scsi0.present = "TRUE"ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"ide1:0.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/4f38d1b9-9720c09c-38a5-782bcb6ee1e6/ISO/OracleLinux-R5-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso"ide1:0.present = "TRUE"floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"floppy0.clientDevice = "TRUE"floppy0.fileName = "vmware-null-remote-floppy"ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"ethernet0.networkName = "IP27"ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:b3:c0:f7"ethernet0.present = "TRUE"scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"scsi0:0.fileName = "GETTESTLX.vmdk"scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"guestOS = "rhel5-64"toolScripts.afterPowerOn = "TRUE"toolScripts.afterResume = "TRUE"toolScripts.beforeSuspend = "TRUE"toolScripts.beforePowerOff = "TRUE"uuid.bios = "42 33 d1 9c 71 9c 24 d8-82 e0 84 22 ae f7 e5 9a"vc.uuid = "50 33 09 82 fa 29 14 fc-e0 4c 34 78 f6 56 a7 a2"sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/54e2da83-530edd90-a073-842b2b58e01d/GETTESTLX/GETTESTLX-a452f717.vswp"uuid.location = "56 4d f0 82 ff e1 99 25-75 92 bc 2c 02 0a 59 af"replay.supported = "FALSE"replay.filename = ""scsi0:0.redo = ""pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"vmci0.id = "-1359485542"hostCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"hostCPUID.1 = "000206c220200800029ee3ffbfebfbff"hostCPUID.80000001 = "0000000000000000000000012c100800"guestCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"guestCPUID.1 = "000206c200010800829822030fabfbff"guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800"userCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69"userCPUID.1 = "000206c220200800029822030fabfbff"userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800"evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"cleanShutdown = "TRUE"softPowerOff = "FALSE"sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"ide1:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "TRUE"tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"参考资料：
http://www.xiazaiba.com/jiaocheng/881.html
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/kerrycode/p/4796466.html