How make dual boot Vmware esx 3.5/ vista ?

[michael10fr1]

hi ,alls

I would like to know how to make a dual-boot on a server vmware esx 3.5 and vista?

If you are familiar with can you give me a tutorial or a link

everyone says that this is such that the multi-boot Linux and Windows

but all I managed to do so.

nice if someone can help me ...

thank you

[admin]

Do I understand correctly that you wish to dual boot a machine with Vista and ESX Server?

[michael10fr2 · Accepted solution]

yes it is

I have one disk and i want boot at 2 systemes in the same disk.

1 partition whit vista and 1 partition ESX Server 3.5 if you have tuto i hope to make it thanks ...

this is for learning vmware esx 3.5 labs personnal..

[michael10fr1]

finally after much testing I will answer my original question. 1) I did not find a way to reduce a disc VMFS, because there is no Boot live CD to do that. 2) it is impossible to install a dual boot vmware esx 3.5/vista on the same disk,

Note: this is still not as manual partitioning vmware do not like, it freezes whenever we want to make a manual partitioning. Solution: So I put vmware on a single disk and vista on another disc and from a vista vmware dual-boot you need a bios that allows boot on a disk or the other is the easiest solutions.

Grub or easy bcd it to long solution and very complicate to do this ;I nothave ths time to seach this solution and testing to do this

thanks all

Michael Assouline

www.webdesign-x.net

[TomasNL]

I agree with this one, i have the same problem and bought another disk for my proliant ml 110 g5 so i can test hyper-v, Xenserver and esx.

i dont no if i can have a boot choice, otherwise i plug/unplug the sata cables.

[michael10fr1]

yes are not too many choices

all solution to give unbunto not working or too complicated ...

[TomasNL]

now i have installed 2 disks 1 with vista and one for vms, i boot from usb disk with vi3 i. When i want to boot vista, i remove the disk!

[michael10fr2]

Yes good idea