Is it possible to virtualise ESXi 4 with less than 2GB RAM?

[cookieme]

I would like to install ESXi 4 in a virtual machine using VMware Fusion, so that I can do some testing with the busybox etc instead of messing with my production host. I am NOT interested in running VMs in the virtual ESXi I only want to run the hypervisor.

The problem I have is that my MacBook Pro only has 2GB and when I tried creating a VM with 1GB, ESXi would not install. Is there a way around this RAM requirement?

Thanks

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

have a look at this blog, http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/08/running-vsphere-within-workstation-will-take-up-a-lot-of-mem...

[cookieme]

have a look at this blog, http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/08/running-vsphere-within-workstation-will-take-up-a-lot-of-mem...

Thank you Troy! In the instructions it says that you have to first install with the minimum 2GBs. Is this possible if my system only has 2GB and is running a host OS? Will my OS handle this by increasing the Swap file?

EDIT: I created a VM and tried increasing the RAM to maximum, but it won't allow anything higher than 1840MB, so I guess I'm out of luck.

[Troy_Clavell]

you may be out of luck, however I don't know if it makes a difference, since your host OS is a MAC, maybe the folks have a solution.