<p class="title">Usage & Help for VMWare ESXi v.3+ </p> <p class="sectionheader">Installing VMWare ESXi Manually</p> <p class="text"> While VMWare ESXi can be installed automatically from an install CD, it may fail to install on certain platforms, requiring the use of a manual install. This approach is also the preferred method in producing bootable usb drives with ESXi. You will need the installable iso of VMware ESXi 1) Browse the iso image or burnt CD, Find install.tgz 2) Browse/extract install.tgz 3) Browse to usr/lib/vmware/installer 4) Find VMware-VMvisor-big-*.dd.bz2 5) Extract it to VMWare.img 6) <span class="infobox"> dd if=VMWare.img of=[target drive, /dev/*] [bs=[blocksize]] </span> 7) boot from /dev/{whatever} </p> --- Last Update: * Main.<Anand Gupta> - <8-18-08> * Change made to document <!-- Previous updates: --> <div STYLE='font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; background: black; color: white; text-align: center; '>&nbsp;Sun&nbsp;Proprietary/Confidential:&nbsp;Internal&nbsp;Use&nbsp;Only&nbsp;</div> </body> </html> <nowiki>