installation - should hard disk be formatted?

[B3nn1e]

I am (at this moment) installing ESXI VMware on a server , now i am wondering if i should have formatted the HD befor or does ESXI this for me?

If not i guess i have to restart everything and first format the Hard Disk.

Anybody to advice me?

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the VMware Community forums. The ESXi install process will repartition the install drive that you choose. You don't have to format it in advance.

[B3nn1e]

tnx , but i got an error , seems that my onboard NIC is not supported, now I gotta fix this first, strangebeacause the motherboard is a gigabyte, thought these things would be supported, anyway tnx for the answer!

[Dave_Mishchenko]

A good nic to add is the Intel Pro / 1000 GT. See www.vm-help.com for what hardware ESXi 4.0 can see.