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Photon OS TP2, the open source small-footprint container runtime from VMware, gains several new features to help vSphere administrators deploy and manage: PXE boot, scripted install, and guest OS...

https://vcritical.com/2015/08/new-network-and-scripted-install-features-in-photon-os-tp2/

Use this shell script to extract and modify the contents of an ESXi ISO image for use with PXE boot installation. Continue reading → The post Automatically prepare an ESXi ISO image for PXE bo...

https://vcritical.com/2014/03/automatically-prepare-an-esxi-iso-image-for-pxe-booting/

Include VMware Tools during Ubuntu PXE installs by adding a few lines to the preseed configuration. Continue reading → The post Automating VMware Tools install on Ubuntu 12.04 first appeared ...

https://vcritical.com/2013/07/automating-vmware-tools-install-on-ubuntu-12-04/

VMware vSphere 5 adds the ability to perform a scripted installation of VMware ESXi 5 to a USB flash drive or SD card. Hyper-V? Not so much. Continue reading → The post VMware ESXi 5 Scripted ...

https://vcritical.com/2011/08/vmware-esxi-5-scripted-install-to-usb-flash/

VMware ESXi 5 media can be used for interactive PXE installs without creating the image.tgz file that ESXi 4.1 required. A "prefix" directive for boot.cfg also makes it easier to organize various...

https://vcritical.com/2011/07/vmware-esxi-5-interactive-pxe-installation-improvements/

PXE is arguably the best way to install VMware ESXi or Linux and it also enables various Linux-based utilities. See how to configure Windows Deployment Services to coexist with a Linux PXE server...

https://vcritical.com/2011/06/peaceful-coexistence-wds-and-linux-pxe-servers/