Installing VMware ESX 3.5 on QEMU

  1. Download “ESX Server 3.5.iso”.

  2. Create VM disk:

    qemu-img create ESX.qcow2 -f qcow2 16G

  3. Start VM to install from CD (enable KVM to speed up, and give a e1000 nic to make sure ESX can support it, otherwise the installation will abort):

    qemu -enable-kvm ESX.qcow2 -cdrom "ESX Server 3.5.iso" -boot d -net nic,model=e1000

  4. Select proper options in the wizard, wait for a while until the server’s installed.

  5. Reboot and the system will be into the login prompt, log in root with the password you set.
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