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VMware install ISO on USB
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| # partition a single msdos partition and make it active: | |
| $ cat /tmp/sdb.save | |
| # partition table of /dev/sdb | |
| unit: sectors | |
| /dev/sdb1 : start= 2048, size= 30272704, Id= c, bootable | |
| /dev/sdb2 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 | |
| /dev/sdb3 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 | |
| /dev/sdb4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 | |
| # format with FAT32 | |
| /sbin/mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n USB /dev/sdb1 | |
| # get a compatible version of syslinux (v4.x won't work) | |
| mkdir syslinux | |
| cd syslinux/ | |
| wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/3.xx/syslinux-3.86.tar.gz | |
| tar zxvfp syslinux-3.86.tar.gz | |
| cd syslinux-3.86 | |
| yum -y install nasm | |
| make | |
| # add syslinux mbr | |
| ~/syslinux/syslinux-3.86/linux/syslinux /dev/sdb1 | |
| cat ~/syslinux/syslinux-3.86/mbr/mbr.bin > /dev/sdb | |
| # mount iso and usb | |
| mkdir /tmp/usb | |
| mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/usb | |
| mkdir /tmp/iso | |
| mount -o loop /mnt/hgfs/sjj/Downloads/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0.update02-2068190.x86_64.iso /tmp/iso | |
| # Copy iso image to usb | |
| cp -r /tmp/iso/* /tmp/usb | |
| mv /tmp/usb/isolinux.cfg /tmp/usb/syslinux.cfg | |
| sed -i 's/^\(.*APPEND -c boot.cfg\)/\1 -p 1/' /tmp/usb/syslinux.cfg | |
| umount /tmp/usb | |
| umount /tmp/iso |
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