Daz's bits and bobs » boot http://sigtar.com …bytes bits Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:25:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 create usb install for esx / esxi http://sigtar.com/2009/12/20/create-usb-install-for-esx-esxi/ http://sigtar.com/2009/12/20/create-usb-install-for-esx-esxi/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:55:33 +0000 Daz http://sigtar.com/?p=1058
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    Next delete isolinux.bin and rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg

    Edit syslinux.cfg and append “usb” to the line starting with “append” … i.e. similar to this

    append vmkboot.gz — vmkernel.gz — sys.vgz — cim.vgz — ienviron.tgz — image.tgz — install.tgz usb

    Next grab the latest syslinux.exe (zip for windows) from here and run syslinux -s –ma <driveletter>:

    Done.

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    • Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>     Its quite easy to boot esx from a usb device or flash card..

    First download the .iso, then browse with winrar or similar. See if you can find the “big”.dd file this is the file we need.

    i.e. the ESXi 4 file is called VMware-VMvisor-big-208167-x86_64.dd

    Next grab WinImage and “restore image to physical harddrive” choose the .dd file the select your usb / flash drive.

    Done.

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