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9 In the file /
usbdisk/syslinux.cfg
10 Unmount the USB flash drive.
umount /usbdisk
11 Unmount the installer ISO image.
umount /esxi_cdrom
The USB flash drive can now boot the ESXi installer.
Create a USB Flash Drive to Store the ESXi Installation Script or Upgrade Script
You can use a USB flash drive to store the ESXi installation script or upgrade script that is used during
scripted installation or upgrade of ESXi.
When multiple USB flash drives are present on the installation machine, the installation software searches
for the installation or upgrade script on all attached USB flash drives.
The instructions in this procedure assume that the USB flash drive is detected as
N The file containing the installation or upgrade script cannot be located on the same USB flash drive
ks
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that you are using to boot the installation or upgrade.
Prerequisites
Linux machine
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ESXi installation or upgrade script, the
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USB flash drive
n
Procedure
1 Attach the USB flash drive to a Linux machine that has access to the installation or upgrade script.
2 Create a partition table.
/sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb
a Type to delete partitions until they are all deleted.
d
b Type to create primary partition 1 that extends over the entire disk.
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c Type to set the type to an appropriate setting for the FAT32 file system, such as
t
d Type to print the partition table.
p
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
/dev/sdb1
e Type to write the partition table and quit.
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3 Format the USB flash drive with the Fat32 file system.
/sbin/mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n USB /dev/sdb1
4 Mount the USB flash drive.
mount /dev/sdb1 /usbdisk
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, change the line
APPEND -c boot.cfg
kickstart file
ks.cfg
Start End Blocks
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to
APPEND -c boot.cfg -p 1
.
/dev/sdb
.
c
Id System
c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
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