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KarimS
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‎11-11-2008 03:57 AM

Booting from ESXi Installation CD Problems

I downloaded the ESXi ISO and burned it to a DVD. When I tried to boot my destination server from this CD, the machine did not seem to recognize the DVD as bootable. I know that the boot order is correct as I've booted other OS setups from CD/DVD. Is there something I'm missing about this particular image?

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Karunakar
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‎11-11-2008 04:28 AM

Hi,

Can you please try again to burn the ISO in a cd, and then try to boot from the.

It happend in few scenarios , that the ISO burnt on to the CD might not be done properly.

Also , as a second option you can try to install ESX3i, using the virtual cdrom over the Remote console of the server.

-Karunakar

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KarimS
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‎11-11-2008 04:31 AM

Thanks for your quick reply. Having burnt ISO a few times using different tools, I think I'll have to give up on that option. Your second option, though, sounds promising. The virtual CDROM and remote console you're referring to I assume are not VMWare tools? If so, do you have any tips on where to look for those tools?

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Karunakar
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‎11-11-2008 05:22 AM

The remote console is the management interface of the server you have, nothing to do with the ESX installed in it.

for Dell server u have DRAC, and for HP you have ILO, and for IBM machine you have RSA as such.

You can try that.

-Karunakar

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