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MayurPatel,

I've looked into this a few weeks ago and it's certainly on my wish-list. I know it's possible. There's a lot of info on this thread:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=35393

Be aware that ESX can't retrieve the kickstart file from a network (http/nfs is not supported) By the way: I might be talking about an old version here, maybe version 3 can do kickstart files over http or nfs.

I remember reading something about HP Altiris. They solved that problem by creating a bootable DOS floppy with the kickstart file on it, a linux kernel and loadlin.exe (which loads the linux kernel from the dos prompt) The bootable floppy is served over PXE using memdisk (see for more info: http://syslinux.zytor.com/ ) I was considering to use FreeDOS for the bootable floppy.

The loadlin executable is not maintained anymore, so you may also consider grub for DOS. See http://grub4dos.freespaces.com/

As you see I have no implementation yet, but the idea is there. If you can't wait then you may want to implement the idea yourself. I have not got the time nor the hardware to implement it in the foreseable future (the rest of the year 2006) If you do, please post your findings!

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