VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual page 44

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
20 Configure advanced bootloader options.
The Bootloader Options page appears if you deselected the Configure boot loader automatically check
box.
a Enter bootloader kernel arguments.
The installer writes the arguments to the
ESX boots.
b Enter an optional bootloader password. It can be up to 30 characters.
c Select where the GRUB bootloader is installed.
By default, the GRUB bootloader is installed in the MBR. Use this option for most installations. For
legacy hardware that stores BIOS information in the MBR, click Install GRUB on the first partition
of the disk, instead of the Master Boot Record.
21 Configure the time zone.
22 Configure the date and time settings.
Select Automatically and enter the IP address or host name of an NTP server.
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Select Manually to use the machine date and time detected by the installer or to set the date and time
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yourself. If you select Manually and you do not have a functioning mouse, you can change the
calendar month and year by using Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for the month, and Ctrl-up-
arrow and Ctrl-down-arrow for the year.
23 Enter a root password.
It must contain between 6 and 64 characters.
24 (Optional) Create additional users by clicking Add.
25 Confirm your installation configuration and click Next.
If an installation error occurs at this point, the ISO image might be invalid or there might be something
wrong with the DVD media. To troubleshoot, try the ISO download process again, make sure the DVD is
in working order, and make sure the DVD drive and DVD media type are compatible. When you retry
the installation, perform the media check operation. Alternatively, use another media access option, such
as HTTP.
26 Click Next and then click Finish to exit the installer and reboot the host.
27 During reboot, press the key required to enter your machine's BIOS setup or boot menu
This key is often a function key or Delete.
28 Set the first boot device to be the drive on which you installed ESX.
After installation, a
, , and any of the optional partitions are stored in the
swap /var/log
After you install ESX and reboot the host, you can log in to the service console to read the installation log at
var/log/esx_install.log
N In previous releases of ESX, if the system did not boot up after installation, one troubleshooting approach
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was to mount the partitions for debugging. For ESX 4.0, mounting the partitions would not be helpful in
resolving the issue. If after installation the system does not boot up, the most likely cause is that the BIOS is
configured to boot from the wrong disk.
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esxconsole-<system-uuid>/esxconsole.vmdk
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file and passes them to the ESX kernel every time
grub.conf
file is created in a VMFS volume. The
esxconsole.vmdk
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file.
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