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Installing EXSI 6.7 has come across the problem of No Network Adapters. My Network card is RTL8111F.I need to be able to manually import their own network card driver tools

I used the esxi-customizer tool, but it gave me an error.The log information is as follows:

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.43] This is ESXi-Customizer v2.7.2 ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] Called with parameters:

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] ... sISO             = "F:\VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update01-10302608.x86_64.iso"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] ... fOEM             = "F:\net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] ... wDir             = "G:"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] ... repackOpt        = "1"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.44] ... enableUEFI       = "1"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.46] ... updateCheck      = "0"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.46] Creating the temp-directory "G:\esxicust.tmp" ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.46] Run: mkdir "G:\esxicust.tmp"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.47] Extracting the source ISO ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:02.47] Run: "F:\ESXi-Customizer-v2.7.2\tools\7zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"G:\esxicust.tmp\iso" "F:\VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update01-10302608.x86_64.iso"

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: F:\VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update01-10302608.x86_64.iso

Extracting  .DISCINFO

Extracting  ATA_LIBA.V00

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V00

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V01

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V02

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V03

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V04

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V05

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V06

Extracting  ATA_PATA.V07

Extracting  B.B00

Extracting  BLOCK_CC.V00

Extracting  BNXTNET.V00

Extracting  BNXTROCE.V00

Extracting  BOOT.CAT

Extracting  BOOT.CFG

Extracting  BRCMFCOE.V00

Extracting  BTLDR.T00

Extracting  CHARDEVS.B00

Extracting  CHAR_RAN.V00

Extracting  EFI

Extracting  EFI\BOOT

Extracting  EFI\BOOT\BOOT.CFG

Extracting  EFI\BOOT\BOOTIA32.EFI

Extracting  EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI

Extracting  EFIBOOT.IMG

Extracting  EHCI_EHC.V00

Extracting  ELXISCSI.V00

Extracting  ELXNET.V00

Extracting  ELX_ESX_.V00

Extracting  ESXUPDT.V00

Extracting  ESX_DVFI.V00

Extracting  ESX_UI.V00

Extracting  FEATURES.GZ

Extracting  HID_HID.V00

Extracting  I40EN.V00

Extracting  IAVMD.V00

Extracting  IGBN.V00

Extracting  IMA_QLA4.V00

Extracting  IMGDB.TGZ

Extracting  IMGPAYLD.TGZ

Extracting  IPMI_IPM.V00

Extracting  IPMI_IPM.V01

Extracting  IPMI_IPM.V02

Extracting  ISER.V00

Extracting  ISOLINUX.BIN

Extracting  ISOLINUX.CFG

Extracting  IXGBEN.V00

Extracting  JUMPSTRT.GZ

Extracting  K.B00

Extracting  LPFC.V00

Extracting  LPNIC.V00

Extracting  LSI_MR3.V00

Extracting  LSI_MSGP.V00

Extracting  LSI_MSGP.V01

Extracting  LSI_MSGP.V02

Extracting  LSU_HP_H.V00

Extracting  LSU_INTE.V00

Extracting  LSU_LSI_.V00

Extracting  LSU_LSI_.V01

Extracting  LSU_LSI_.V02

Extracting  LSU_LSI_.V03

Extracting  LSU_SMAR.V00

Extracting  MBOOT.C32

Extracting  MENU.C32

Extracting  MISC_CNI.V00

Extracting  MISC_DRI.V00

Extracting  MTIP32XX.V00

Extracting  NATIVE_M.V00

Extracting  NE1000.V00

Extracting  NENIC.V00

Extracting  NET_BNX2.V00

Extracting  NET_BNX2.V01

Extracting  NET_CDC_.V00

Extracting  NET_CNIC.V00

Extracting  NET_E100.V00

Extracting  NET_E100.V01

Extracting  NET_ENIC.V00

Extracting  NET_FCOE.V00

Extracting  NET_FORC.V00

Extracting  NET_IGB.V00

Extracting  NET_IXGB.V00

Extracting  NET_LIBF.V00

Extracting  NET_MLX4.V00

Extracting  NET_MLX4.V01

Extracting  NET_NX_N.V00

Extracting  NET_TG3.V00

Extracting  NET_USBN.V00

Extracting  NET_VMXN.V00

Extracting  NFNIC.V00

Extracting  NHPSA.V00

Extracting  NMLX4_CO.V00

Extracting  NMLX4_EN.V00

Extracting  NMLX4_RD.V00

Extracting  NMLX5_CO.V00

Extracting  NMLX5_RD.V00

Extracting  NTG3.V00

Extracting  NVME.V00

Extracting  NVMXNET3.V00

Extracting  NVMXNET3.V01

Extracting  OHCI_USB.V00

Extracting  PROCFS.B00

Extracting  PVSCSI.V00

Extracting  QCNIC.V00

Extracting  QEDENTV.V00

Extracting  QFLE3.V00

Extracting  QFLE3F.V00

Extracting  QFLE3I.V00

Extracting  QFLGE.V00

Extracting  QLNATIVE.V00

Extracting  RSTE.V00

Extracting  S.V00

Extracting  SAFEBOOT.C32

Extracting  SATA_AHC.V00

Extracting  SATA_ATA.V00

Extracting  SATA_SAT.V00

Extracting  SATA_SAT.V01

Extracting  SATA_SAT.V02

Extracting  SATA_SAT.V03

Extracting  SATA_SAT.V04

Extracting  SB.V00

Extracting  SCSI_AAC.V00

Extracting  SCSI_ADP.V00

Extracting  SCSI_AIC.V00

Extracting  SCSI_BNX.V00

Extracting  SCSI_BNX.V01

Extracting  SCSI_FNI.V00

Extracting  SCSI_HPS.V00

Extracting  SCSI_IPS.V00

Extracting  SCSI_ISC.V00

Extracting  SCSI_LIB.V00

Extracting  SCSI_MEG.V00

Extracting  SCSI_MEG.V01

Extracting  SCSI_MEG.V02

Extracting  SCSI_MPT.V00

Extracting  SCSI_MPT.V01

Extracting  SCSI_MPT.V02

Extracting  SCSI_QLA.V00

Extracting  SHIM_ISC.V00

Extracting  SHIM_ISC.V01

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V00

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V01

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V02

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V03

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V04

Extracting  SHIM_LIB.V05

Extracting  SHIM_VMK.V00

Extracting  SHIM_VMK.V01

Extracting  SHIM_VMK.V02

Extracting  SMARTPQI.V00

Extracting  TOOLS.T00

Extracting  UC_AMD.B00

Extracting  UC_HYGON.B00

Extracting  UC_INTEL.B00

Extracting  UHCI_USB.V00

Extracting  UPGRADE

Extracting  UPGRADE\ESXIMAGE.ZIP

Extracting  UPGRADE\EXTLINUX

Extracting  UPGRADE\ISOINFO

Extracting  UPGRADE\MBR.BIN

Extracting  UPGRADE\MCOPY

Extracting  UPGRADE\METADATA.XML

Extracting  UPGRADE\METADATA.ZIP

Extracting  UPGRADE\PRECHECK.PY

Extracting  UPGRADE\PREP.PY

Extracting  UPGRADE\PROFILE.XML

Extracting  USBCORE_.V00

Extracting  USB_STOR.V00

Extracting  USER.B00

Extracting  USEROPTS.GZ

Extracting  VIM.V00

Extracting  VMKATA.V00

Extracting  VMKFCOE.V00

Extracting  VMKPLEXE.V00

Extracting  VMKUSB.V00

Extracting  VMWARE-ESX-BASE-OSL.TXT

Extracting  VMWARE-ESX-BASE-README

Extracting  VMWARE_E.V00

Extracting  VMW_AHCI.V00

Extracting  VMX.V00

Extracting  VSAN.V00

Extracting  VSANHEAL.V00

Extracting  VSANMGMT.V00

Extracting  WEASELIN.T00

Extracting  XHCI_XHC.V00

Extracting  XORG.V00

Extracting  [BOOT]\Bootable_NoEmulation.img

Everything is Ok

Folders: 3

Files: 184

Size:       329346510

Compressed: 329611264

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.35] Checking media type ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.35] --- INFO: This looks like an ESXi 5.x installation media.

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.37] ---       No admin rights needed to customize ESXi 5.x. Continuing ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.37] Removing old boot.cat from ISO directory. It will be created by mksiofs ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.38] Run: del /f /q "G:\esxicust.tmp\iso\boot.cat"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.38] Removing [BOOT] directory from ISO directory ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.38] Run: rmdir /s /q "G:\esxicust.tmp\iso\[BOOT]"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.40] Selected customization type is .zip.

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.40] Unpacking the IMGDB.TGZ file ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.40] Run: "F:\ESXi-Customizer-v2.7.2\tools\7zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"G:\esxicust.tmp" "G:\esxicust.tmp\iso\IMGDB.TGZ"

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Processing archive: G:\esxicust.tmp\iso\IMGDB.TGZ

Extracting  <fdopen>

Everything is Ok

Size:       1792000

Compressed: 227919

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.45] Run: "F:\ESXi-Customizer-v2.7.2\tools\7zip\7z.exe" x -y -o"G:\esxicust.tmp\imgdb" "G:\esxicust.tmp\IMGDB.tar"

7-Zip 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18

Error:

cannot find archive

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.46] !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.46] !-- FATAL ERROR: Error un-taring IMGDB.tar!

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.48] !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:09.48] Run: "F:\ESXi-Customizer-v2.7.2\tools\MsgBox.exe" 266260 "FATAL ERROR:&n   Error un-taring IMGDB.tar!&n&nSee log file 'G:\ESXi-Customizer.log' for details! Do you want to open the log file in notepad now?"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:18.60] Cleaning up ...

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:18.62] Run: rmdir /s /q "G:\esxicust.tmp"

[2019/03/14 周四  9:09:18.70] This is the end.

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LucD
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Shouldn't you be reporting this at the site where you downloaded the tool?

Btw I think you would need to go for the ESXi-Customizer-PS


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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DanielFarina
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Make sure you've downloaded the generic version fo the ESXi iso installer, I've had the very same issue with DELL ISO's.

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