problem creating the usb flash stick boot

[Sladem]

Hi Guys

I was hoping you could help, i am having a problem putting the esx3i onto the flash stick. So far i have:

Installed 7zip

Installed winimage

extracted the .dd file

when i try to transfer it to the usb stick, winimage gives me an error thats blank and wont transfer the image. I am running it as administrator and have a vista 32bit business Ed. pc.

Is there another way i can create this USB boot stick for esx3i. Oh my flash stick has enough space. It's a 1gig so taking the 750mb file is no problem.

Any ideas welcome thanks gang.

Slade

[sirtom · Accepted solution]

Hi

I did this earlier today, and I experienced the same problem that you have.

The solution for me was to transfer the image to my USB-stick using WinImage on my laptop with Windows XP.

I could not get it to run on my Vista box. (blank error..)

.t

[depping]

i've used the same setup several times and you should be just fine. this should work. you might want to format your usb drive before you start to see if that works out. i've noticed a couple of times during these procedures that my usb sticks had "bad blocks".

Duncan

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[Sladem]

I will give that a go and do it on my pc at home running a proper upgraded os in comparison to vista (XP). You know what they say if you have vista upgrade to XP. I did also try to format the USB stick but nothing worked, will let you guys know tomorrow.

Slade

[Sladem]

Hey guys it worked thanks alot for the help. Trust good old XP to do what Vista clearly cant.