Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Loading ESXi installer issue " Relocating modules and starting up the kernel" - HYPERV



I had this issue today when I try to run ESXi installer on HyperV, it gets stuck at "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel" Here is the work around for this

Below are the steps to install ESXi 5.5

1. Boot ISO

2. Press Shift + O during startup of an ESXi 5.5 installation

shift-o

3. Append the boot option: ignoreHeadless=TRUE

ignoreheadless_install

4. Installer should now work – Install, Remove Media, Reboot

loading
5. Upon reboot repeat step 2 (Shift + O, Append the boot option: ignoreHeadless=TRUE)

6. These next few steps are to make the ignoreHeadless=TRUE setting persistent through a reboot…
Once ESXi is booted, press F2 and login

esxi-f2

7. Under System Customization, go to Troubleshooting Options

8. Enable the ESXi Shell and ESC all the way out

enable_shell

9. Back at the main console screen, hit Alt + F1 to access the shell

10. Login and enter the following command:
     esxcfg-advcfg --set-kernel "TRUE" ignoreHeadless

esxi_shell

11. Type exit

12. Hit Alt+F2 to go back to the main ESXi screen

13. Complete! Don’t forget to disable the ESXi Shell if you don’t want it on!

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