Ok, that strategy of Plan A failed for me upgrading the install afterwards with a new driver is close to imposible as there is no command prompt available.
I took plan B:
Create a custom ISO. This turns out to be "very" simple!
Use the tool found here:
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You can find VMWare driver (igb-4.0.17-890403.zip) for the I210, I350 and 82580 Gigabit Ethernet controller.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=268&downloadGroup=DT-ESXi5X-INTEL-igb-4017
I am going to use it on a SuperMicro X10SLM+-LN4F (Socket 1150 Haswell E3-1200V3) which has...