VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 126
Procedure, Mount the ESXi installer ISO image.
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vSphere Installation and Setup Procedure 1 If your USB flash drive is not detected as /dev/sdb, or you are not sure how your USB flash drive is detected, determine how it is detected. a In a terminal window, run the following command. tail -f /var/log/messages This command displays current log messages in the terminal window. b Plug in your USB flash drive. The terminal window displays several messages identifying the USB flash drive, in a format similar to the following message. Oct 25 13:25:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 712.447080] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk In this example, "[sdb]" identifies the USB device. If your device is identified differently, use that identification, without the brackets, in place of sdb, in this procedure. 2 Create a partition table on the USB flash device. /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb a Type d to delete partitions until they are all deleted. b Type n to create primary partition 1 that extends over the entire disk. c Type t to set the type to an appropriate setting for the FAT32 file system, such as c. d Type a to set the active flag on partition 1. e Type p to print the partition table. The result should be similar to the following text: Disk /dev/sdb: 2004 MB, 2004877312 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 243 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) f Type w to write the partition table and quit. 3 Format the USB flash drive with the Fat32 file system. /sbin/mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n USB /dev/sdb1 4 Run the following commands. /path_to_syslinux-3.86_directory/syslinux-3.86/bin/syslinux /dev/sdb1 cat /path_to_syslinux-3.86_directory/syslinux-3.86/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sdb 5 Mount the USB flash drive. mount /dev/sdb1 /usbdisk 6 Mount the ESXi installer ISO image. mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.x.x-XXXXXX.x86_64.iso /esxi_cdrom 7 Copy the contents of the ISO image to /usbdisk. cp -r /esxi_cdrom/* /usbdisk 8 Rename the isolinux.cfg file to syslinux.cfg. mv /usbdisk/isolinux.cfg /usbdisk/syslinux.cfg 126 VMware, Inc.