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title: "VMware ESXi 5.1 USB install"
date: "2013-01-10T11:48:39Z"
tags: ["ESXi"]
categories: ["Blog & Other", "Linux & Open Source", "VMware"]
---

First blog entry this Year will be in English and about creating ESX/ESXi and Linux installers on USB sticks.

During my IT work I tried so many tools which should create bootable Linux but always there was something wrong with this or that. I tried Unetbootin, ISO2USB and others.

Today I found working tool which is called LiLi - Linux Live USB Creator. You can download it here <a title="Linux Live USB Creator" href="http://www.linuxliveusb.com" target="_blank">http://www.linuxliveusb.com</a>
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I tried it with ESXi 5.1 and 4.1, Ubuntu and CentOS - in all cases installation was clean and smooth. Process of creating bootable USB was very fast and it works like a charm.

![VMware ESXi 5.1 USB install - Linux Live USB Creator][1]

Why I even started to look for new tool? I was following <a title="VMware installable ESXi USB guide" href="http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.install.doc_50%2FGUID-33C3E7D5-20D0-4F84-B2E3-5CD33D32EAA8.html" target="_blank">VMware documentation </a> but of course there was "small" problem. When I tried to boot it I got error related to wrong version of syslinux installed on the box I was preparing my USB (**mboot.c32: not a COM32R image**).

Long story short - this tool is very handy and it worked.

I recommend to use it for VMware ESXi 5.1 USB install.

[1]: /images/uploads/2013/01/Linux-Live-USB-Creator.webp