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itopman
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Dell 670 to work with ESX 3.5 how to apply the fix?

HI...I have read these threads with great intrest as I am also trying to get my Dell 670 to work with ESX 3.5, as with Martyn's the error 'mounting root failed dropping into basic maintenance shell also stated VMK538 and 0xbad001e'

I need to no how to do his fix he stated "To do this, simply boot into the recovery console, edit the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file and add /vmkernel/checkCPUIDLimit = "FALSE". Reboot"

when you boot it gives 3 options recovery console is not one of them so which one did you mean? 1, ESX 3.5 server, 2, EXS 3.5 server debug mode or 3, Service console only trouble shooting mode.

And can you give simple instrutions on how to edit this file as I tried option 2 but could not get it to do any thing, my knowledge of this EXS server and command lines is zero

thanks

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MartynT
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Hi bud, did you manage to get this working?

If not, you need to select the 3rd option at the boot menu (Service Console only (troubleshooting mode))

Then after you've edtited the file...

esxcfg-boot -b

Then...

shutdown -r now

Thanks,

Martyn

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