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    <title>topic Install ESXi from USB media in vSphere Upgrade &amp; Install Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Install-ESXi-from-USB-media/m-p/1327017#M14508</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I know there is an official document about this and lots of information on the web, but I wanted to share my version...I think its mighty useful. This is from a Windows workstation and the procedure is written from memory, but it should get you there. This should also help those wanting to PXEboot. Also, if you get a big enough drive, you can save the OVA files for vCenter etc and have the whole kit-and-kaboodle in one place!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-----&amp;lt;I'm not responsible if you blow up your workstation e.g. format your hard drive&amp;gt;-------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;1.Download SYSLINUX from &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Download"&gt;http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Download&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; and unzip the contents. For the example, I'll assume you unzipped to c:\temp\syslinux&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;2.Insert a USB flash drive (even the new ones that don't have the RMB set work with this)&lt;BR /&gt;3.Identify what drive letter the flash drive received. For the example, I'll assume E:&lt;BR /&gt;4.Make sure it is formatted FAT32&lt;BR /&gt;5.Launch an elevated command prompt (as administrator)&lt;BR /&gt;6.type C:\temp\syslinux\bios\win32\syslinux.exe -mfa E: (MAKE SURE E IS YOUR FLASH DRIVE) and hit enter&lt;BR /&gt;7.Copy the following files to the root of your flash drive&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\memdisk\memdisk&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\menu\menu.c32&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\elflink\ldlinux\ldlinux.c32&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\libutil\libutil.c32&lt;BR /&gt;8.Copy the ISO files of the ESXi installs you need (yep, you can have more than one depending on the size of the drive)&lt;BR /&gt;9.Create a syslinux.cfg file with the following (modify as you need for more entries)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DEFAULT menu.c32&lt;BR /&gt;MENU TITLE ESXi-5.5.0-1331820 Installation Menu&lt;BR /&gt;NOHALT 1&lt;BR /&gt;PROMPT 0&lt;BR /&gt;TIMEOUT 80&lt;BR /&gt;LABEL Universal Image&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; KERNEL memdisk&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; APPEND iso&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; INITRD /ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-Universal.iso&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; MENU LABEL ESXi-5.5.0-1331820 ^Universal Image&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>steveb05</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-03-26T18:20:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Install ESXi from USB media</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Install-ESXi-from-USB-media/m-p/1327017#M14508</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I know there is an official document about this and lots of information on the web, but I wanted to share my version...I think its mighty useful. This is from a Windows workstation and the procedure is written from memory, but it should get you there. This should also help those wanting to PXEboot. Also, if you get a big enough drive, you can save the OVA files for vCenter etc and have the whole kit-and-kaboodle in one place!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-----&amp;lt;I'm not responsible if you blow up your workstation e.g. format your hard drive&amp;gt;-------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;1.Download SYSLINUX from &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Download"&gt;http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Download&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; and unzip the contents. For the example, I'll assume you unzipped to c:\temp\syslinux&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;2.Insert a USB flash drive (even the new ones that don't have the RMB set work with this)&lt;BR /&gt;3.Identify what drive letter the flash drive received. For the example, I'll assume E:&lt;BR /&gt;4.Make sure it is formatted FAT32&lt;BR /&gt;5.Launch an elevated command prompt (as administrator)&lt;BR /&gt;6.type C:\temp\syslinux\bios\win32\syslinux.exe -mfa E: (MAKE SURE E IS YOUR FLASH DRIVE) and hit enter&lt;BR /&gt;7.Copy the following files to the root of your flash drive&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\memdisk\memdisk&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\menu\menu.c32&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\elflink\ldlinux\ldlinux.c32&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; •C:\temp\syslinux\bios\com32\libutil\libutil.c32&lt;BR /&gt;8.Copy the ISO files of the ESXi installs you need (yep, you can have more than one depending on the size of the drive)&lt;BR /&gt;9.Create a syslinux.cfg file with the following (modify as you need for more entries)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DEFAULT menu.c32&lt;BR /&gt;MENU TITLE ESXi-5.5.0-1331820 Installation Menu&lt;BR /&gt;NOHALT 1&lt;BR /&gt;PROMPT 0&lt;BR /&gt;TIMEOUT 80&lt;BR /&gt;LABEL Universal Image&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; KERNEL memdisk&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; APPEND iso&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; INITRD /ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-Universal.iso&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp; MENU LABEL ESXi-5.5.0-1331820 ^Universal Image&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Install-ESXi-from-USB-media/m-p/1327017#M14508</guid>
      <dc:creator>steveb05</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-26T18:20:42Z</dc:date>
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