messerchmidt
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I am attempting to assemble a cheap vm box for my amusement and learning. if everything works, it may become the pfsense / xpenology nas / vpn gateway box at my parents house...
Setup is:
Asrock n3150m matx board with 1.10 bios - Celeron n3150 and Onboard grpahics
Onboard audio and ports are off, onboard realtek lan is on
Added 16gb Gskill ddr3 @ 1600 (Had extra here)
Spare 128gb kingston SSD v300
Spare Intel Dual Lan card
Spare Sil3124 pcie card @ 6.6.0.0 bios in SATA (non-raid) mode
Spare 350w antec psu
New Corsair 200R case
As it does not have a comparability module in the bios, I could not get Hyper V Server 2012 R2 or Server 2012 r2 with Hyper modulev to run. Hyper V server 2016 p3 works.
I installed windows 10, VM Workstation 12 works flawlessly with it.
Xen 6.5 works,
I would prefer ESXI 6.0 to the above mentioned units.
Off a usb stick created with rufus 2.3, unmodified esxi hangs on "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel and the "shift+o" and entered "runweasel ignoreHeadless=True" suggested here (http://robwillis.info/2014/01/dell-...elocating-modules-and-starting-up-the-kernel/) does not help.
After much screwing around, i figured out how to patch the ESXI iso, but still not luck as it still hangs on the "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel
I downloaded the latest iso of esxi 6.0 to c:\exsi (pardon the error) and downloaded the following drivers from here: http://www.virten.net/2015/02/how-to-install-esxi-on-5th-gen-intel-nuc-nic-and-ahci-workaround/ as the nuc has similar specs to my setup (minus the dual intel lan card which is supported in version 6). I then used VMware Front Experience: ESXi-Customizer-PS in Power CLI to patch the iso:
"PowerCLI C:\exsi> .\ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.4.ps1 -pkgdir c:\exsi
Script to build a customized ESXi installation ISO or Offline bundle using the VMware PowerCLI ImageBuilder snapin
(Call with -help for instructions)
Logging to C:\Users\messe\AppData\Local\Temp\ESXi-Customizer-PS.log ...
Running with PowerShell version 5.0 and VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2 build 3056836
Connecting the VMware ESXi Online depot ... [OK]
Getting Imageprofiles, please wait ... [OK]
Using Imageprofile ESXi-6.0.0-20150902001-standard ...
(dated 09/03/2015 14:04:26, AcceptanceLevel: PartnerSupported,
For more information, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2124725.)
Loading Offline bundles and VIB files from c:\exsi ...
Loading C:\exsi\net-e1000e-3.1.0.2-glr-offline_bundle.zip ... [OK]
Add VIB net-e1000e 3.1.0.2-glr [New AcceptanceLevel: CommunitySupported] [OK, replaced 2.5.4-6vmw.600.0.0.2494585]
Loading C:\exsi\e1000e-3.1.0.2-glr.vib ... [OK]
Add VIB net-e1000e 3.1.0.2-glr [IGNORED, already added]
Loading C:\exsi\sata-xahci-1.27-1.x86_64.vib ... [OK]
Add VIB sata-xahci 1.27-1 [OK, added]
Exporting the Imageprofile to 'C:\exsi\ESXi-6.0.0-20150902001-standard-customized.iso'. Please be patient ...
All done."
I created another boot usb key with rufus 2.3.
I get the same issue as it starts up and hangs at "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel
Any suggestions?
Otherwise I am going Win10 with a connection limit hack and VMWARE workstation 12 for pfsense, xpenology,etc
Setup is:
Asrock n3150m matx board with 1.10 bios - Celeron n3150 and Onboard grpahics
Onboard audio and ports are off, onboard realtek lan is on
Added 16gb Gskill ddr3 @ 1600 (Had extra here)
Spare 128gb kingston SSD v300
Spare Intel Dual Lan card
Spare Sil3124 pcie card @ 6.6.0.0 bios in SATA (non-raid) mode
Spare 350w antec psu
New Corsair 200R case
As it does not have a comparability module in the bios, I could not get Hyper V Server 2012 R2 or Server 2012 r2 with Hyper modulev to run. Hyper V server 2016 p3 works.
I installed windows 10, VM Workstation 12 works flawlessly with it.
Xen 6.5 works,
I would prefer ESXI 6.0 to the above mentioned units.
Off a usb stick created with rufus 2.3, unmodified esxi hangs on "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel and the "shift+o" and entered "runweasel ignoreHeadless=True" suggested here (http://robwillis.info/2014/01/dell-...elocating-modules-and-starting-up-the-kernel/) does not help.
After much screwing around, i figured out how to patch the ESXI iso, but still not luck as it still hangs on the "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel
I downloaded the latest iso of esxi 6.0 to c:\exsi (pardon the error) and downloaded the following drivers from here: http://www.virten.net/2015/02/how-to-install-esxi-on-5th-gen-intel-nuc-nic-and-ahci-workaround/ as the nuc has similar specs to my setup (minus the dual intel lan card which is supported in version 6). I then used VMware Front Experience: ESXi-Customizer-PS in Power CLI to patch the iso:
"PowerCLI C:\exsi> .\ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.4.ps1 -pkgdir c:\exsi
Script to build a customized ESXi installation ISO or Offline bundle using the VMware PowerCLI ImageBuilder snapin
(Call with -help for instructions)
Logging to C:\Users\messe\AppData\Local\Temp\ESXi-Customizer-PS.log ...
Running with PowerShell version 5.0 and VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2 build 3056836
Connecting the VMware ESXi Online depot ... [OK]
Getting Imageprofiles, please wait ... [OK]
Using Imageprofile ESXi-6.0.0-20150902001-standard ...
(dated 09/03/2015 14:04:26, AcceptanceLevel: PartnerSupported,
For more information, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2124725.)
Loading Offline bundles and VIB files from c:\exsi ...
Loading C:\exsi\net-e1000e-3.1.0.2-glr-offline_bundle.zip ... [OK]
Add VIB net-e1000e 3.1.0.2-glr [New AcceptanceLevel: CommunitySupported] [OK, replaced 2.5.4-6vmw.600.0.0.2494585]
Loading C:\exsi\e1000e-3.1.0.2-glr.vib ... [OK]
Add VIB net-e1000e 3.1.0.2-glr [IGNORED, already added]
Loading C:\exsi\sata-xahci-1.27-1.x86_64.vib ... [OK]
Add VIB sata-xahci 1.27-1 [OK, added]
Exporting the Imageprofile to 'C:\exsi\ESXi-6.0.0-20150902001-standard-customized.iso'. Please be patient ...
All done."
I created another boot usb key with rufus 2.3.
I get the same issue as it starts up and hangs at "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel
Any suggestions?
Otherwise I am going Win10 with a connection limit hack and VMWARE workstation 12 for pfsense, xpenology,etc