Issues while installing ESXi 6.0

[Kameswara]

The OS installation starts, but gets hung during the initialization of the installer at “relocating modules and starting up the kernel”. This seems to be a common enough issue and I found many instructions to set “ignoreHeadless=TRUE” in boot options. I tried it but it is still hung.

[mcrape]

Have you checked out this thread regarding on board video: Re: Loading ESXi installer issue " Relocating modules and starting up the kernel"

Without know your hardware setup though, this is a bit of a stab in the dark.

[akopbayev]

Have you managed to fix the issue?

[Kameswara]

Looking at the thread, will see if it helps.

[Kameswara]

The hardware is UCS B200 M3 blade which is on the compatibility matrix.

BIOS settings have VT enabled, VT-d enabled and onboard vga preferred over offboard. Changing onboard video memory is not an option.

I tried the ignoreHeadless=TRUE option during installation. Still hangs.

[aguerriero]

For UCS you should be using the Cisco OEM ESXi installer not the standard ESXi installer.

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI600U1&productId=491&rPId=9642#custom_is...

[Kameswara]

I am using a custom iso that has the necessary drivers. I was able to install the ESXi 6.0 image by attaching the image as virtual media and choosing to boot from there. But when I try to PXE boot , the installation hangs while loading the installation files at " Relocating modules and starting up the kernel".  PXE booting with the ESXi 5.0 or 5.5 installer works fine.

I'm using syslinux-3.82.Does anyone know if it is incompatible with ESXi 6.0?