Error in ESXi 5.5 U1 when implementing a kickstart referencing the ISO

[Stephen094112]

Hi VMware Gurus,

I ran into a problem installing with custom kickstart script.  I began by following William Lam's virtually ghetto blog site on how to create and ESXi ISO with a custom kickstart added into it.

I've modified the boot.cfg.

Before: kernelopt=runweasel

After: kernelopt=ks=file://etc/VMware/weasel/custks.cfg and at the end of the modules I put the tar file into the ranks adding in --- /custks.tgz

I also added the custks.tgz into the main directory of this ISO.

I got two errors when I tried installing.

When booting in EFI mode:

It says "Modules relocation error".

When running in Legacy mode, I get a different error:

It says "Error loading /s.v00 Fatal error: 10 (Out of resources)"

I've digged through this forum but haven't seen anyone run into my first error, but a few with my second error, but their solutions didn't work.

Any suggestions?  Thanks for reading.

[SatyS]

I am not sure about the process you are trying.

Juat have a read through http://myvirtuallearning.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/create-your-own-iso-2/

[William22]

Hi

Welcome to communities.

1. Run the following command to export the correct VMware provided path:

# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib/amd64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0

2. Run the following command to start the VMware Tools control panel:

# /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

[Stephen094112]

Hi SatyS and William,

Thanks for the response.

@SatyS - That is what I did, but the image still had those two errors.

@William - Not sure I can push those two commands through since this is a fresh install.

Update - I was able to finish this customized installation on a VM/ nested ESXi.  But I am not able to complete the installation on a bare metal system.  Any comments on this?

[litty123]

Sorry to wake up this 2 year old thread. But I am facing this same error. Did you find the solution?