Dave,
I am having some problems following the instructions as my experience with linux is limited. I downloaded the 3ware.esxi4.oem.tgz so I want to confirm that I rename that to oem.tgz and put it on the root of the CD? Also, it says I need to update the isolinux.cfg to include the oem.tgz file in the boot sequence, the contents of the isolinux.cfg file is below. Should I just add a "---oem.tgz after install.tgz?
The last step is +"The second copy in on a disk dump image within the file image.tgz. For
ESX 4.0 that file can be found at this path within the install.tgz file
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image.tgz/image.tgz.temptar/usr/lib/vmware/installer/VMware-VMvisor-big-164009-x86_64.dd.bz2/VMware-VMvisor-big-164009-x86_64.dd.
This copy of oem.tgz would be used when ESXi boots after the install.
You would need to modify this copy for ESXi to boot using it after the
installation has been completed."+
How do I do this? I am using a Windows machine. 7zip can open the archive all the way up until i get to the .dd file and then it tries to open it up in notepad. How do I copy the oem.tgz into this archive? Is there some software I can download?
CONTENTS OF ISOLINUX.CFG
default menu.c32
menu title VMware VMvisor Boot Menu
timeout 80
label ESXi Installer
menu label ^ESXi Installer
kernel mboot.c32
append vmkboot.gz --- vmkernel.gz --- sys.vgz --- cim.vgz --- ienviron.tgz --- image.tgz --- install.tgz
label ^Boot from local disk
menu label ^Boot from local disk
localboot 0x80
