# Format USB device as a bootable MS-DOS volume Hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o esxi.img esxi.iso OSX:vmware-usb-osx-master admin$ make vmware DISK=2 OSX:vmware-usb-osx-master admin$ make devices On my computer it took around a minute and a half. Pop the USB stick into the computer you want to vmware-ify and restart it.ĭepending on how fast your USB stick is, step 6 make take awhile.make vmware DISK=2 Note: This step will ask for your password for sudo.The only part you care about is 2 (or 3, or 4, or whatever) for step 6.

Note the disk number for your USB stick.You’ll see a new device appear in step 4. Rename it to esxi.iso so the script can find it. It will have a long name with a version number like VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso. Download the ESXi ISO and copy it into the same folder as this script.You will need to register for a VMware account and download ESXi (also called “vSphere Hypervisor”) before you use this script. Whenever you hear about someone running virtual machines or cloud servers they’re using ESXi, Xen, QEMU/KVM, or a similar technology under the hood.ĮSXi is proprietary software, but you can download it and use it for free. VMware ESXi is a lightweight operating system designed to run virtual machines. This is based on a similar script I made for ubuntu. This project includes a simple makefile that helps you create a bootable USB installer for VMware ESXi on OSX.

Für OS X muss man vielleicht etwas länger suchen.Īber auf GitHub, findet man was passendes :-) vmware-usb-osx Nun möchte man aber vielleicht einen USB-Stick verwenden, statt das ISO-Image auf eine CD zu brennen.

VMware stellt nur ISO Images zum Download bereit, von denen ESXi installiert werden kann. Für alles gibt es ja meistens schon eine Lösung, so auch für dieses kleine Problem.

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