Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 on Dell 1950: Cannot open vmkboot.gz
- by rlandster
I am trying to install VMware ESXi 4.0.0 U1 on a Dell 1950 server via a bootable CD-ROM. I keep getting this error right at the start:
Cannot open vmkboot.gz
I checked that the CD-ROM drive is not to blame by installing Debian Etch using that drive. I tried several different versions of ESXi (3.5, 3.5 Dell edition, 4.0 Dell edition) and they…