ESXi 6.1 on a cheap NUC

I wanted a couple of VM running on a silent server. So I bought one of these:
  • http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/7135380450.html?orderId=71211129828309
  • 16G RAM+64G SSD+1T HDD Mini itx pc HTPC OpenELEC Supported Intel Core i5 5200U Max 2.7GHz mini desktop pc,300M Wifi,nettop



I want to run the free version of ESXi 6.1
  • I downloaded the ISO from here: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6
  • I registered and got a license.
I used UNetBootIn (http://unetbootin.github.io/) to burn the ISO to a USB on my mac
Start UNetbootin and choose:
  • Diskimage
  • ISO
  • Select the downloaded ESXi ISO
  • Type: USB Drive
  • Drive: Select your USB drive
  • Select OK

I stuck the USB in a slot and rebooted (hitting a bunch of keys to get to the bios to boot of the USB.
  • It could not find a network adaptor :-( 
  • Consult Google.
I found this:
http://www.v-front.de/2014/12/how-to-make-your-unsupported-nic-work.html
http://www.v-front.de/2015/03/vsphere-6-is-ga-ultimate-guide-to.html

  • Which told me to run (after installing vmware power cli and ESXi-Customizer-PS):  .\ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.4.ps1 -v60 -vft -load net55-r8168,net51-r8169,net51-sky2
  • Which didn't work :-(
  • So I tried: .\ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.4.ps1 -v60 -vft -load net55-r8168,net51-r8169,net51-sky2,net51-drivers,net-igb,net-r8101,net-r8139too

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