Install ESXi 3.5 on a usb stick
Some quick steps for installing esxi 3.5 on a usb stick
- download ESXi 3.5 from www.vmware.com/download –> Free Products or Trials –> Download Vmware ESXi free
- search google for the old version, actual is 4.0 🙂
- download winimage and winrar
- save the iso file in a new folder on your storage –> VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_5-207095.i386.iso
- open the iso file with winimage and extract the INSTALL.TGZ file
- open the INSTALL.TGZ with winrar and extract the file VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_5-207095.i386.dd.bz2 to your folder
- extract VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_5-207095.i386.dd.bz2 with winrar –> VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_5-207095.i386.dd
- open winimage –> Disk –> Restore Virtual Hard Disc Image on physical drive…
- select your usb stick –> press next
- select the file VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_5-207095.i386.dd
- go
Don’t reboot your client with the usb stick in it! Your client may be damaged!
Do the steps on your onwn risc 🙂
If you have a HP server, you can check out this side. This img includes the HP Management Agents.