[virt-tools-list] Virt-manager: create vm

[femi adegoke]

>> If you need to create the VM but do not want it to start booting anything from
the VM's disks, consider temporarily ticking the box "Readonly" of each
virtual disk (+"Apply" button), start the VM, choose Virtual Machine -> Shut
Down -> Force Off <<

The "Force Off" is my current work around.
Ideally, there should be an option (like you've said) to Start (aka boot) vm or Finish (aka create) vm.

On Oct 2 2018, at 6:09 am, Joachim Wagner <jwagner at computing.dcu.ie> wrote:
>
> > I just tried using the "import" function.
> > This does not work, it still wants to start the installation.
>
>
> I guess you checked the box "Customise configuration before install" in step 4
> of 4 and you see "Begin Installation" and "Cancel Installation" buttons in the
> window that allows you to configure the virtual hardware. These button labels
> are wrong in "import" mode. They should read "Start VM" and "Cancel VM
> creation" respectively.
>
> If you need to create the VM but do not want it to start booting anything from
> the VM's disks, consider temporarily ticking the box "Readonly" of each
> virtual disk (+"Apply" button), start the VM, choose Virtual Machine -> Shut
> Down -> Force Off and remove the tick(s) from "Readonly" again. Alternatively,
> or as an additional safety net, add a bootable CD/DVD to the VM and make it
> the first boot option.
>
> @virt-manager developers: As "import" mode does not involve installation,
> those button labels need to change depending on the mode. If this is difficult
> without duplicating the widget a simple workaround may be to use labels
> * "Begin Installation / Start VM" and
> * "Cancel Installation and/or VM Creation"
> in this window. If it is not difficult to modify the window depending on the
> creation mode, it would be nice to also get a button "Create VM without
> starting it" in "import" mode.
>
> Joachim
>
>
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