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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: rmills on December 26, 2018, 06:26:30 PM

Title: Installing on ESXi 6.5
Post by: rmills on December 26, 2018, 06:26:30 PM

Trying to test out TinyCore or TinyCorePlus on an ESXi 6.5 machine. However when I try to install I can't see any hardrives. I can only install SCSI controllers, I don't have an option to install IDE or SATA drives. Are there any workarounds to use the default LSI or Buslogic controllers with ESXi 6.5?

Title: Re: Installing on ESXi 6.5
Post by: andyj on December 26, 2018, 06:58:07 PM

Delete the existing hard drive, and create a new hard drive. Then you will have the option to change it to SATA.

Title: Re: Installing on ESXi 6.5
Post by: rmills on December 26, 2018, 08:11:48 PM

Thanks, that was it!

Title: Re: Installing on ESXi 6.5
Post by: kingbily on February 20, 2019, 07:40:02 AM

Mount the ESXi 6.5 ISO image to the host.
Connect to the DCUI console of the host.
Power-On the host hardware and allow the host to boot from the ISO image.
The boot process will begin with the Boot Menu and progress to the Loading ESXi screen.