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1. #Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini full version#
2. #Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini install#
3. #Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini zip file#
4. #Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini drivers#
5. #Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini update#

I tried installing mountatin lion on the installed harddrive and Esxi5.1 on the USB drive – didnt work, the machine boots into the mountain lion and even the attached USB is not available as an option to select as a start up disk in the mountain lion OS.Ĭurrently I have the esxi 5.1 installed on the USB stick and the internal harddrive have Mountain lion installed. I tried installing it on a USB stick -didnt work (same issue as described above). I tried removing the other harddrive – didnt work (same issue as described above). The only way to get around this is to hold the option key while rebooting and then manually selecting the EFI disk that has the ESXI installed and from there on everything works as expected. The problem I have is that after I reboot the machine the esxi5.1 wont boot automatically, it comes with a blank screen with just a line saying “no boot device found”. I have run into a different issue, I have got esxi 5.1 installed and working on my mac mini server. You can either hold the "Alt/Option" key while the system is booting and select the EFI volume OR just plug the USB key and the ESXi installer should automatically start up.Īfter a few minutes, you should now have ESXi 5 running on your Mac Mini, here is my setup: Step 4 - Finally, power on your Mac Mini and plug in the USB key. Step 3 - Plug in a USB key into your system and run UNetbootin which will take the custom ISO we just created and make it bootable on the USB key # Create an ISO from our custom Image ProfileĮxport-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi50u1-Custom" -ExportToISO -filepath C:\

# Add the broadcom driver to our Image ProfileĪdd-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi50u1-Custom" -SoftwarePackage "net-tg3" New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile "ESXi-5.0.0-623860-standard" -name "ESXi50u1-Custom"

#Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini full version#

# Create a new Image Profile (in example, I'm using the full version w/tools)

#Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini update#

# Add the ESXi 5.0 Update 1 Offline BundleĪdd-EsxSoftwareDepot "C:\VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-623860-depot.zip"Īdd-EsxSoftwareDepot "C:\50.2-offline_bundle-547149.zip" Step 2 - Use Image Builder to add the Broadcom driver and create a custom ESXi 5 ISO (steps taken from this VMware KB article)

#Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini zip file#

Step 1 - Extract the offline bundle " 50.2-offline_bundle-547149.zip" from Broadcom zip file

#Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini install#

and who has a CD burner these days? 😉 There is also an additional step that is needed to get network connectivity which requires the user to manually install a network driver on the ESXi host.

I did not have access to an Apple Super Drive which is what the Paraguin folks used in their installation guide, as they thought formatting a USB key would have taken too long. I would highly recommend you check out their blog post which provides additional details as well as a step by step installation guide including screenshots for each step. I also want to mention that this was only possible with the research from the folks over at Paraguin Consulting who initially blogged about the process needed to get ESXi 5 running on a Mac Mini. Nothing like ESXi on the big screen 🙂Įven though this is not officially supported by VMware, it is still a very cool solution and the Mac Mini is great form factor for a vSphere home lab. Note: I did not have a spare monitor at home and luckily the Mac Mini has a DVI output which I was able to connect to my 46" TV. If you are trying to run ESXi 5.0 or 5.1 on the new 2012 Apple Mac Mini 6,2 please refer to this blog post for the instructions.ĭisclaimer: This is not officially supported by VMware. UPDATE (01/18): To run ESXi 5.1 on Mac Mini 5,1 or 5,3 please follow the same steps outlined below but for an ESXi 5.1 ISO image. Please take a look at this article for more details.

#Usb 5.1 audio adapter for mac mini drivers#

UPDATE (12/21): Yo no longer need to create a customized ESXi ISO for Apple Mac Mini, the necessary drivers are now included in the new ESXi 5.0 Update 2 and will work out of the box. Nope! I am actually running vSphere ESXi 5.0 or 5.1 on the Mac Mini! Those of you who follow me on twitter should know that I recently got my hands on an Apple Mac Mini Server (Thanks Randy K.) and are probably thinking I would install Apple OSX on the Mini.