Installing ESXI

[panzerfrank]

I am just starting on the evaluation after a course.

I have downloaded ESXi to my PC and have extracted the file to a directory and have copied all the files to a CD.

I expect the CD to install ESXi when I restart the machine. It doesn't

Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong.

Kind regrads

Frank

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

what is happening? Is the CD you made bootable? You should get an ISO to download, you shouldn't have to extract anything. What hardware are you trying to install onto?

[panzerfrank]

Thanks Troy

The RAR program started unpacking things and I let it go on. It is a while since I playwd with files and things.

Once I made sure the file ending was ISO and used an ISO burner it worked wonderfully.

I am trying to use a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo with dual Turion 64 processors.

The install failed for lack of RAM but I am looking to see if I can upgrade to 3Gb.

Thanks again

Frank

[panzerfrank]

Troy

I just looked and the max RAM my machine supports is 2Gb. So that is a dead end.

Is there anywhere where I can get to Sphere on a cloud to practicese for the exam?

Kind regards

Frank

[AndreTheGiant]

You can run ESXi on Workstion:

http://www.sysprobs.com/vmware-vsphere-4-esxi-4-windows-7-vmware-workstation-7-pc

Andre