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I have managed to successfully install esxi 5 on tte new mac mini server 2011. i installed refit on the mac mini. i have the primary drive booting too mac os server where refit is installed. i then installed a brand new 1 tb above the 500gb mac mini server. i used a program called esxi customiser
http://v-front.blogspot.com/p/esxi-customizer.html#download. i then went onto this website (http://vm-help.com/esx40i/customize_oem_tgz.php) and downloaded the customised oem.tgz called " Adds Broadcom 5761 support (14e4:1681)" the rest is self explanatory once you download program. One slight problem when i successfully installed esxi5 Refit will not allow it to boot, asking for a boot disk. but if i disconnect the connector from the first hard drive on the mac mini, esxi will boot. currently looking for a better boot manager program, so i dont have to keep disconnecting first drive. really pleased with my work and i think i might be the first person too have done this, as cannott find anybody else who on google who has succesfully done this.
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Detailed steps:
With Regards the installation of esxi 5 on mac mini, ive outline the steps below, there were initial problem with getting ethernet working, i have now fixed this. here is an outline of steps so nothing is missed.
Step 1: My Mac Mini Server 2011 came with two 500gb hard drives. i Replaced one hard drive with a 1tb drive and left one 500gb in the bottom half of the mac mini, as i did not want to tear apart mac mini. the 1 tb hard will be were esxi 5 will be installed and mac server hard drive will remain as the primary drive.
Step 2; Installed Refit on 500gb mac Server hard drive. to allow easy booting off usb and allow esxi 5 to be booted from internal hard drive
Step 3: I downloaded the esxi iso image and the broadcom driver which was hard to find. the broadcom driver can be found at the following.
unzip the file and place the bundle on your hard drive.
Step 4
i download a program called esxi customiser, to customise installation.
http://v-front.blogspot.com/p/esxi-customizer.html#download.
http://v-front.blogspot.com/p/esxi-customizer.html#download.
Step 5
Run esxi customiser, and browse to esxi5 iso and the broadcom bundle driver.
Step 6
Download Unibooting and browse to new customised image and load onto usb stick
thats it, quickest and most simplest way to do this, and now you have coolest esx box in world, all done in less than 5 minutes.
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