When booting from USB/SD keep in mind that once ESXi is loaded, it runs from memory and there is very little ongoing I/O to the boot device. This naturally raises a concern about the life span of the USB/SD device. Unlike a local disk or SAN LUN, USB/SD devices are sensitive to excessive amounts of I/O as they tend to wear over time. The USB will auto-install onto itself making it the boot disk afterwards. I’ll cover how to create a bootable USB that will install ESXi unattended. In fact, installing ESXi should be painless, automated, and trivial. Having a homelab shouldn’t revolve around installing ESXi, it should be about what you do on top of it.
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