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Ghost001D
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‎04-09-2020 09:01 PM

Esxi 6.7u3 on Clevo W110ER.

i keep getting "no network adapters". i have tried making a customize ESXi image with the Realtek 8168 "net-r8168" and still nothing.

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daphnissov
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‎04-16-2020 04:32 AM

Dude, it's a laptop. ESXi is designed for enterprise hardware, not this stuff. Get different hardware for crying out loud.

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TomHowarth
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‎04-16-2020 04:53 AM

I would be very very surprised if you could get ESXi to install on a Laptop.  the Realtek network card is a consumer level product and as such NOT supported by VMmware.  it is highly unlikley there would be a VIB for manual installation. 

ESXi is NOT Linux, so standard Linux drivers will not work.

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Ghost001D
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‎04-16-2020 05:18 AM

i got 5.5 running fine, network, sata and gpu.

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daphnissov
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‎04-16-2020 05:23 AM

5.5 ≠ 6.7 and just because it managed to work on a now-ancient version doesn't mean it'll work today.

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Ghost001D
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‎04-16-2020 05:23 AM

really? i don't know it was a laptop! thank you!

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Ghost001D
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‎04-16-2020 05:28 AM

again thank you for stating the obvious! 5.5 was changed for 6.0 and up, but they still use the same drivers. all i have to do is downgrade the network and sata drivers of 6.7 to 5.5, why is that so hard?

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