制作 ESXi 5.1 的USB閃存“引導安裝”盤

制作 ESXi 5.1 的USB閃存"引導安裝"盤

1 准備工作
linux 系統 //我這裡是Ubuntu 12.04
U盤一個 //8GB kingston
ESXi ISO文件 //vmware 官網下載 VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733.x86_64.iso,XXXXXX為內部版本號

2. 為U盤創建分區表

1. fdisk /dev/sdb

"d" 刪除全部分區
"n" 創建遍及整個磁盤的主分區1
"t" 設置文件系統為FAT32（LBA），代碼為"c"
"a" 設置主分區1的Boot標記
"p" 打印分區表
結果應類似下表：
Disk /dev/sdb: 8076 MB, 80761322352 bytes
186 heads, 28 sectors/track, 3028 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 5208 * 512 = 2666496 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 3029 7885824 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

"w" 寫入分區表並退出
注意:如有疑問可以參考最後的 fdisk 詳細過程。

3. 使用FAT32文件系統格式化U盤

1. mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n ESXi /dev/sdb1

4. 安裝syslinux並寫入MBR

1. syslinux /dev/sdb1
2. cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sdb

5. 掛載U盤

1. mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb

6. 掛載ESXi安裝程序ISO鏡像

1. mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733.x86_64.iso /mnt/iso

7. 將ISO鏡像的內容復制到U盤

1. cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb/

8. 將isolinux.cfg文件重命名為syslinux.cfg

1. mv /mnt/usb/isolinux.cfg /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg

9. 編輯syslinux.cfg 文件

1. vim /mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg

在/mnt/usb/syslinux.cfg 文件中，將APPEND -c boot.cfg 一行更改為 APPEND -c boot.cfg -p 1。

10. 拷貝一個新的menu.c32文件到U盤，覆蓋原來的文件

1. cp /usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32 /mnt/usb/

注意:這步並不在VMware vSphere官方手冊 中，如沒有此步驟，引導時會出現“menu.c32: not a COM32R image”這樣的錯誤。

11. 卸載U盤
umount /mnt/usb

12. 卸載ISO鏡像
umount /mnt/iso

完工:現在U盤可以引導安裝ESXi 5.1 了


fdisk 詳細過程，注意紅色字

1. fdisk /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 8166 MB, 8166703104 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7788 cylinders, total 15950592 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4bd294d1

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 0 3311615 1655808 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
First sector (2048-15950591, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-15950591, default 15950591):
Using default value 15950591

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): c
Changed system type of partition 1 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA))

Command (m for help): a
Partition number (1-4): 1

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 8166 MB, 8166703104 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7788 cylinders, total 15950592 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4bd294d1

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 15950591 7974272 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.