Install ESX 3.5i U3 on a USB Memory Stick running linux
Many people have write about it, but I found it hard to find the procedure on the internet. So considder this as a note to myself.
Most post are about installing ESX 3.5i on a USB memory stick running Windows. They can run Winzip or something like that. But wat about us Linux guy’s. Here is what to do:
- Make sure you USB memery stick is empty (non partitions at all, you can use fdisk to delete all the partitions).
- Mount the downloaded iso file to /mnt
mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_3-123629.i386.iso /mnt - Extract the install.gz (ESX kernel) to /tmp
tar zxf /mnt/install.tgz -C /tmp - Put the image on your USB Memory stick (in my example /dev/sdb)
bzcat VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_3-123629.i386.dd.bz2 | dd of=/dev/sdb
Don’t forget to remove the VMWare-VMvisor* file from /tmp
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By Justin, July 1, 2009 @ 01:07
Might help to mention that the VMware-VMvisor-*.dd.bz2 image will be in /tmp/usr/lib/vmware/installer following these instructions. Thanks, I had a set of windows instructions but am working from a Linux machine. Confirmed that what I was about to try will (should?) actually work.
By Justin, July 1, 2009 @ 01:07
Might help to mention that the VMware-VMvisor-*.dd.bz2 image will be in /tmp/usr/lib/vmware/installer following these instructions. Thanks, I had a set of windows instructions but am working from a Linux machine. Confirmed that what I was about to try will (should?) actually work.