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+====== Install VMware ESXi 4.x on a Dell !OptiPlex 980 ======
+===== Background =====
+Initially, I thought that the storage controller was not supported.  I realized later that it was the unsupported NIC chipset that was the culprit.  I was having trouble finding detailed instructions on how to build a custom install.  After installing ESXi to a flash drive on one system and booting it on the 980, this is the workaround I came up with.
+  - Placed a drive from the 980 into a 620
+  - Installed ESXi 4.x to the drive
+  - Placed the drive back in the 980
+You now have it installed, but with no network support.
+  - Boot to a Linux live CD
+  - Copy the essential files and make the necessary edits
+  - Reboot to the drive and configure as normal
+http://www.vm-help.com/forum/download/file.php?id''353&sid''3e10a09e7d7386730d913a67a9d268ca
+In the oem.tgz I've modified the etc/vmware/simple.map to include the line:
+<file>
+:10ef 3041:103c network e1000e
+</file>
+and modified the etc/vmare/pci.ids to include the lines (under the Intel Corp section):
+<file>
+      -0ef  82578DM Gigabit Network Connection (SCI to e1000e)
+103c  HP Compaq Elite (SCI to e1000e)
+</file>
+==== References ====
+http://communities.vmware.com/message/1549883
+http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f''13&t''2263&p''7252#p7252
+http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f''12&t''1735&start''10
+http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f''17&t''4
+http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f''12&t''2194
+http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/ESXi_USB_install.php
+http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/find_PCI_ID.php
+http://communities.vmware.com/thread/277183;jsessionid''B34BFD8181641BBD796418D92E93A488?start''0&amp;tstart''0
+-- Main.FredPettis - 2010-07-23