Press Next, if there’s anything that needs additional config it will be flagged here, otherwise press Install: Next/Ok through the the next few screens, then you’ll get to the optional installs:Ĭomplete the registration screen, and then you get more options, I unchecked File and Print Sharing, and left the other pre-selected options: You can leave the graphics as default, or press the button and switch the the GRADD drivers (which from memory are the better drivers to use):
You’ll now see the first of the config option dialogs: The install from the ISO image goes pretty quick, then you’ll see this screen:įollowed by a reboot. Enter through the next few screens until you get to the partition selection screen, Accept the partition we created earlier and do a ‘Quick format’ when prompted: You’ll now see the Welcome install screen again. When booted, swap CDROM ISO image to the second install ISO when prompted. When the BIOS menu comes up, go to Boot and change the CDROM entry to it is first in the list with the + key, then Save and Exit: Go into your VM options and check the option to force boot to BIOS on next start: On restarting the VM, with ESXi for some reason it changes the boot order at this point to the HD first, CDROM image second, so you’ll get a blank black screen on startup. Switch the ISO image back to the boot ISO and restart the VM. Haven’t created or selected a logical volume, this forces you back to the Logical Volume Manager:Ĭhoose the physical partition we created:
Press F5 to change back to Logical View, press Enter for Options: Tab to the in the second section, press Enter for Options, and create new Primary partition: Remove the boot ISO cdrom and switch to the English language cdrom the press Enter: The Boot ISO and English ISO from this collection on work well.Īttach the iso boot image and boot the VM: Find ISO images with 1 boot CDROM ISO and 1 install CDROM ISO – this is a much easier approach for installing. Installers with floppy disk boot images require swapping the disk images which is tedious.