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    <title>topic Re: Install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell 2650B in VI: VMware ESX® 3.0 Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Why are you using a floppy at all?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just boot from the ESX CD on your local machine or attach the DRAC to an iso image of the CD.  The latter is your best choice.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2007-02-13T15:35:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell 2650B</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Install-ESX-3-0-1-on-Dell-2650B/m-p/122009#M564</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Trying to install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell PowerEdge 2650B by using DRAC and it's Virtual Floppy function. Doing as follows:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. First specifying the \bootimages\bootdisk.img as virtual floppy and the ESX boot and shows bootscreen. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. There I hit enter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Then get to a page where I select language and then keyboard. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. After that I get the question where I would like to install from. I get the choices, CDROM, NFS, HTTP, local disk etc.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. In the DRAC I mount the Dell Virtual Floppy to use \bootimages\drvnet.img instead and choose the HTTP and then hit enter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6. I get the choice to use driver image or manually choose drivers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;7. I choose driver image and then I can choose from where this should be installed, fd0 or hda.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;8. It does not matter what I choose: fd0, hda, manually select drivers or driver disk. The only message returned is:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"Failed to mount driver disk " and I can see on the light on the server that it tries to find it on the local floppy drive, not the virtual.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How should I install ESX with the use of a Virtual Floppy in the DRAC? Can I somehow refresh the mount so it picks up the secondly defined image, \bootimages\drvnet.img?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I put the drivers on a physical floppy and insert it into the server it works but I want to be able to do this by Virtual Floppy. All suggestions/ideas welcome.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Marten&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:41:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LMT</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-02-09T05:41:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell 2650B</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Install-ESX-3-0-1-on-Dell-2650B/m-p/122010#M565</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try renaming your boot floppy image from img to flp.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;flp is at the moment the only valid extension for images&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:54:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>masaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-02-13T10:54:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell 2650B</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Install-ESX-3-0-1-on-Dell-2650B/m-p/122011#M566</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Why are you using a floppy at all?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just boot from the ESX CD on your local machine or attach the DRAC to an iso image of the CD.  The latter is your best choice.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Install-ESX-3-0-1-on-Dell-2650B/m-p/122011#M566</guid>
      <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-02-13T15:35:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Install ESX 3.0.1 on Dell 2650B</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Install-ESX-3-0-1-on-Dell-2650B/m-p/122012#M567</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your help gentlemen. First, it's not possible to use Virtual CD in 2650's, only floppys. Secondly there is a limit of 1.44 MB. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The reason why using this at all is that I'm trying to do a remote install. After some testing we have abandoned the idea and going with inserting a cd into cdrom drive.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:59:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LMT</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-03-05T04:59:53Z</dc:date>
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