Rolling shells

For those like me who would like to check ESXi 3.5 update 3 but don’t want to install on a local harddisk. Here’s a good pdf about how to install it on a USB memory key. It’s fairly easy and I just booted my Intel s3000ah with ESXi.

In short:

1. First get the following tools: 7-Zip(Free), WinImage(Demo)
2. Download the ESXi ISO
3. Open the ISO with 7-Zip
4. Extract “install.tgz”
5. Open “install.tgz” with 7-Zip
6. Click on “install.tar”
7. Browse to “usr\lib\vmware\installer\”
8. Open “VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_3-103909.i386.dd.bz2″
9. Extract “VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_3-103909.i386.dd”
10. Open WinImage and go to Disk, click on “Restore Virtual Harddisk Image on physical drive”
11. Select a physical drive
12. Select “VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_3-103909.i386.dd”
13. And click “yes” to write the DD image to the USB Disk