vSphere 6 install hangs at Installing ESXi 6.0.0

[wadams]

I'm trying to install ESXi 6.0.0 on a whitebox home server.

I've gotten past the initial driver loads, install disk selection,specified my root password and the "Confirm install..... This disk will be repartitioned", but it hangs at the 9% mark of the

"Installing ESXi 6.0.0"

          9%

screen.

My setup is

ASUS Q87M-E/CSM  (VT-d enabled)

Intel Core i7-4790S

Intel GbE EXPI9301CTBLK

16GB ram

Crucial M500 960GB SSD

Any help on how to debug this further would be appreciated!

Thanks

Wayne

[wadams · Accepted solution]

Doh... never mind.  It just took like 2 hrs sitting at the 9% mark before it finished up when I wasn't looking.

[JLackman]

Wow it shouldn't have taken nearly that long...

[DineshKarnad]

reboot and try ....also check the hardware compatibility sheet from VMware.