esxi 5.1 U2 deployment through PXE Server

[goldeneyez]

Hi

I am trying to deploy ESXi 5.1 Update 2 through PXE Server.

after some struggling I have succeed to boot the installer of ESXi 5.1 U2.

but now , in the installation phase I get the following error msg:

IOError: [Error 2] No such file or directory /tardisks/s.v00

you may see the image which is attached to this post.

[SatyS]

Can you check if the module is available in the build.

And which build are you trying on?

-SatyS

[john23]

Can you replace image and try it again....

[goldeneyez]

Hi to ALL

in last I found the source of the issue.

the source of the issue is:

Because VMware ESXi mbootc.32 file is compiled using syslinux-3.86, the same version must be used

as mention in the following web site:

http://www.routereflector.com/en/2014/01/unattended-vmware-esxi-installation-via-pxe-boot-and-kickst...

[yshi0]

hi goldeneyez,

In my case with exactly the same error, I found another cause that all the filenames are high case, like:

B.B00 --- USEROPTS.GZ --- K.B00 --- CHARDEVS.B00 --- A.B00 --- USER.B00 --- S.V00 --- ATA_PATA.V00 --- ATA_PATA.V01 --- ATA_PATA.V02 --- ATA_PATA.V03 --- ATA_PATA.V04 --- ATA_PATA.V05 --- ATA_PATA.V06 --- ATA_PATA.V07 --- BLOCK_CC.V00 --- EHCI_EHC.V00 --- WEASELIN.T00 --- ESX_DVFI.V00 --- XLIBS.V00 --- IMA_QLA4.V00 --- IPMI_IPM.V00 --- IPMI_IPM.V01 --- IPMI_IPM.V02 --- MISC_CNI.V00 --- MISC_DRI.V00 --- NET_BE2N.V00 --- NET_BNX2.V00 --- NET_BNX2.V01 --- NET_CNIC.V00 --- NET_E100.V00 --- NET_E100.V01 --- NET_ENIC.V00 --- NET_FORC.V00 --- NET_IGB.V00 --- NET_IXGB.V00 --- NET_NX_N.V00 --- NET_R816.V00 --- NET_R816.V01 --- NET_S2IO.V00 --- NET_SKY2.V00 --- NET_TG3.V00 --- NET_VMXN.V00 --- OHCI_USB.V00 --- SATA_AHC.V00 --- SATA_ATA.V00 --- SATA_SAT.V00 --- SATA_SAT.V01 --- SATA_SAT.V02 --- SATA_SAT.V03 --- SATA_SAT.V04 --- SCSI_AAC.V00 --- SCSI_ADP.V00 --- SCSI_AIC.V00 --- SCSI_BNX.V00 --- SCSI_FNI.V00 --- SCSI_HPS.V00 --- SCSI_IPS.V00 --- SCSI_LPF.V00 --- SCSI_MEG.V00 --- SCSI_MEG.V01 --- SCSI_MEG.V02 --- SCSI_MPT.V00 --- SCSI_MPT.V01 --- SCSI_MPT.V02 --- SCSI_QLA.V00 --- SCSI_QLA.V01 --- SCSI_RST.V00 --- UHCI_USB.V00 --- TOOLS.T00 --- XORG.V00 --- IMGDB.TGZ --- IMGPAYLD.TGZ

I'm not sure if anybody runs into the same problem. Changing the filenames into low case fixed my problem.

PS, I use gpxelinux.0 and menu.c32 from syslinux-4.04, as my ISOLINUX version is 3.86.

Cheers,

yshi