notes came from here:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/116768
Hi,
i managed to get my ESX3.5 to boot and run on a HP ML 115.
onboard raid: yes, this “raid” really sucks, because my rescue cd found 2 controllers/disks -> NO RAID
TODO-List to get ESX-3.5 up and running.
1.) install it from the cd (of course)
2.) reboot with a linux live cd of your choice.
and now i hope that there are no typos…because i created this “script” on my laptop during i tried and tested it on my ESX box!
mkdir /mnt/eboot
mkdir /mnt/eroot
1. /boot of ESX box
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/eboot
1. /root of ESX box
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/eroot
mkdir /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd
mkdir /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/extracted
mkdir /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/extractednew
cp /mnt/eboot/boot/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd
cd /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd
mv initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz
gunzip initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz
mount initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img extracted -o loop
cd extracted
cd etc/vmware
cp simple.map simple.map.org
vi simple.map
2nd go for SED!
search for 037e
double this line
change one 037e to 037f
save
cd ..
cd ..
dd if=dev/zero of=initrd.img bs=1k count=97000
mke2fs -i 1024 -b 1024 -m 5 -F -v initrd.img
mount initrd.img extractednew -t ext2 -o loop
tar -C extracted/ -cmf – . | tar -C extractednew/ -xmf – .
1. umount initrd.img
umount extracted
umount extractednew
gzip -best initrd.img
ls -alh
mv initrd.img.gz initrd.img
cd /mnt/eboot
mv initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.org
cp /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/initrd.img initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img
cd /mnt/eroot
cd etc
cd vmware
cp pci.ids pci.ids.org
vi pci.ids
2nd go for SED!
search for 037e
double this line
change one 037e to 037f
save
cp pci.xml.merged pci.xml.merged.org
vi pci.xml.merged
2nd go for SED!
search for 037e
double this SECTION
change one 037e to 037f
save
cd pciid
cp sata_nv.xml sata_nv.xml.org
vi sata_nv.xml
2nd go for SED!
search for 037e
double this SECTION
change one 037e to 037f
save
reboot from your resuce system into ESX and JUCHEEEEE….
kind regards,
Reinhard
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#!/bin/bash
vmware esx initrd changer
#/bin/bash
Reinhard Partmann
date created: 2007-12-17
date modified: 2007-12-17
version: 0.2
echo “creating directories…”
mkdir -p /mnt/eboot
mkdir -p /mnt/eroot
echo “mounting..”
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/eboot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/eroot
mount | grep sda
echo “copying original initrd file…”
mkdir -p /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/extracted
cp /mnt/eboot/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz
cd /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd
echo “unpacking & mounting original initrd file…”
gunzip -f initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz
mount initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img extracted -t ext2 -o loop
cd extracted
cd etc
cd vmware
echo “changing simple.map…”
echo “10de:037f 0000:0000 sata_nv.o” >> simple.map
cd ..
cd ..
cd ..
umount extracted
echo “replacing original initrd file…”
gzip –best initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img
mv /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz /mnt/eboot/
cp /mnt/eboot/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img.gz /mnt/eboot/initrd-2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix.img
echo “patching xml files”
cd /mnt/eroot/etc/vmware/pciid
lines=`wc -l sata_nv.xml | awk ‘ { print $1 } ‘`
echo “lines: $lines”
(( lines -= 2))
echo “subtr lines: $lines”
mv sata_nv.xml sata_nv.xml.org
head -$lines sata_nv.xml.org > sata_nv.xml
echo ” ” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” ” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” sata_nv” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” ” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” MCP55 SATA Controller” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” ” >> sata_nv.xml
echo ” ” >> sata_nv.xml
echo “” >> sata_nv.xml
touch /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
echo “#!/bin/bash” >> /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
echo “esxcfg-pciid” >> /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
echo “sleep 5” >> /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
echo “rm /etc/rc3.d/S99rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot” >> /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
chmod a+x /mnt/eroot/etc/init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
cd /mnt/eroot/etc/rc3.d/
ln -s ../init.d/rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot S99rp-esxcfg-pciid-boot
echo “cleanup…”
cd /
rm -f -r /mnt/eroot/tmp/initrd
umount /mnt/eboot
umount /mnt/eroot
rm -f -r /mnt/eboot
rm -f -r /mnt/eroot]]>
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