I'm trying to install ESXi 5.5 on a vmware virtual machine (host os is windows 7 64 bit).
The virtuall machine successfully boot from the ISO file and strats installation, but later on I recieve an error that no network addapted is detected.
My virtual network adapter is set to as NAT (I tried the bridge and host-only options as well).
Any ideas?
I had a similar issue when installing ESXI natively on a computer. The problem is that the regular EXSi .ISO file supports a limited amount of network adapters - you can check whether or not your hardware is supported through this link: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
To fix this, you need to download your drivers and insert them in to the ESXi .ISO image using the ESXi Boot Customiser tool (http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html).
All you need to do is select the .iso image, your drivers, and merge them with the tool.
All the best!
