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Marc Logemann

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Installing VMWare ESX4i on USB Posted: Sep 12, 2009 7:57 AM
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For everyone going for booting the VMWare ESX4i runtime from USB, here is a little tutorial i made:


Installing ESX4i on USB (bootable)

1. Download ESX4i Embedded from http://www.vmware.com/de/download/esxi/
2. Mount ISO File or burn ISO to CD
3. Extract IMAGE.TGZ from CD (or mounted ISO) to local disk
4. extract /usr/lib/vmware/installer/VMware-VMvisor-big-xxxxxx-x86_64.dd.bz2
5. attach USB Stick/Drive

When doing it on Mac OS X:

* see attached disks and find USB drive via: "diskutil list"
* unmount USB drive "diskutil unmountDisk /dev/xxx" (where xxx is the current drive seen with diskutil list)
* write data to USB drive: "dd bs=8192 if=VMware-VMvisor-big-xxxxxx-x86_64.dd of=/dev/xxx"

When doing it on Linux:

* get the USB drive identifier like "/dev/sd[x]"
* unmount USB drive with: "umount ..."
* write Data to USB drive: "dd bs=8M if=VMware-VMvisor-big-xxxxxx-x86_64.dd of=/dev/xxx"

When doing it on Windows:

* download the tool WinImage and do Disk->Restore->VirtualHd and chose the DD file and confirm

Alternative on Windows (untested):

* obtain flashnul at http://shounen.ru/soft/flashnul/
* do: "c:\flashnul -p" and find the USB drive
* do: "c:\flashnul 3 -L VMware-VMvisor-big-xxxxxx-x86_64.dd

Read: Installing VMWare ESX4i on USB

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