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1. #Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb mac os x#
2. #Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb install#
3. #Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb windows 10#
4. #Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb password#

Firstly make sure whether the third-party Windows password recovery tools really works.

#Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb windows 10#

And the most attractive feature of virtual machine is that you can run it as you are using host machine.įor example, you can run iSunshare Windows Password Genius on Windows 10 to reset Windows password in VM Workstation. By installing or running rarely-used programs on virtual machine but not your host machine, you can release the space the programs occupy while you close the apps or virtual machine. Virtual machine is an effective solution to improve system performance.

#Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb mac os x#

Why we need to boot a virtual machine from USB or CD on VMware, such as boot Windows 10 or Mac OS X from USB or CD on VMware Workstation?

William Lam’s blog has real good information about Kickstart scripts found here.What we need to know before USB/CD boot a VM in VMware? See my post “Boot from USB in VMware Workstation” found here. And the USB stick creation in ready.Īn easy way to test the ESXi 5 USB stick and the scripted installation is using VMware Workstation. Vim-cmd hostsvc/datastore/rename datastore1 "$(hostname -s)-local-storage-1"Įsxcli system hostname set -fqdn=Įsxcli network ip dns search add -domain=beerens.localĮsxcli network ip dns server add -server=192.168.250.6Įsxcli network ip dns server add -server=192.168.250.1įor editing and creating the boot.cfg and ks.cfg file in Windows I use Notepad++ so NO hidden carriage returns are in the files. Here is an example: #Sample kickstart scripted installation The BOOT.CFG should look like this: bootstate=0 Step 4Įdit the BOOT.CFG file in the root of the USB stick and add ks=usb between /b.b00 and - /useropts.gz modules

#Create bootable vmware esxi 5 usb install#

You can stop here if you you want to install ESXi with manual installation steps.

Wait till the USB creation process is finished.

Step 3įollow the steps 1,2,4 and click 5 to create the USB stick. List disk (list the disk in your system including the USB)ĭownload the Windows LinuxLive USB creator utility here. Open the command prompt and enter the following commands: diskpart (make sure you run diskpart as administrator) The 5 steps are: Step 1īe sure removing all partitions and format a FAT32 partition on the USB stick by using the following command: Here is a simple procedure to make a bootable VMware ESXi 5 or ESXi 6 USB stick in Windows and perform a scripted unattended VMware ESXi installation.