ESX Installation on a desktop

[TheESXLearner]

Hello,

I know this is pretty basic question.

I am trying to install ESX 3 on a IBM Desktop. The configuration of this desktop is

2 GB RAM,80 GB IDE hard Desk, And a good Intel Processor.

The fact is I am able to create all Partitions except VMkore and VMFS.

I am pretty new to ESX, I am not able to know why? Is my system enough to install ESX? Or do I need at least some SCSI Hard Desks?

Please help me.

Thanks.

[benma]

Hi Buddy welcome to the forum,

you need SCSI or SATA/SAS Harddisks for the vmfs.

Take a look in the forum and you will find more infos about your topic.

[gary1012]

The other alternative is to invest in VMware Workstation and run it within a VM. Here's a link.

[azn2kew]

For complete steps by steps how to deploy both ESX 3.x environment on VMware workstation 6.5, please visit www.xtravirt.com for details.

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Regards,

Stefan Nguyen

iGeek Systems Inc.

VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant