How to enter nocheckCPUIDLimit on ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-110271?
I installed ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge SC1420, but don't have access to the limit CPUID value in the BIOS. I installed by hitting tab on booting from CD and entering nocheckCPUIDLimit. After the...
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Shift - O should work for you - are you trying it when the screen is at the "Loading VMware Hypervisor stage? You should then get the prompt as shown in the first attached image. Once you have the...
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PS - disregard the option name I used in the one image - the correct option is nocheckCPUIDLimit.
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Yeah, I know it should work for me. It doesn't though. I replaced the keyboard with another, checked the shift key works and that shift+o works. I get a split-second a screen that may at the top...
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And your "Shift - o" means depress the Shift key and hold it, then, at the same time hit the o (as in Oscar) key, right?
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If you try Shift+R, at the loading screen do you get an error message about there not being a backup image? As an alternative, you could boot the host with a Linux live CD, then edit the boot.cfg...
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Yup, ShiftR got me the error message about there not being a backup image, enter continued booting, and ShiftO worked on that boot. Edited config file to put in checkCPUIDLimit = "FALSE" and she's...
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Can someone confirm whether the option nocheckCPUIDLimit works with ESXI (the free version). When I hit tab, I see a line like: vmkernel.gz --- binmod.tgz --- ienviron.tgz --- cim.tgz --- oem.tgz ---...
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I'm getting that aswell....once I type the command nocheckCPUIDLimit in the Boot menu it starts loading the ISO. Right after it's done laoding I get another error message, 'could not find kernel...
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Give the space between kernel.gz and no check like "mboot.c32 Vmkernel.gz nocheckCPUIDLimit -" and try to boot now. hopefully u'll not get error this time.
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Worked like a champ for me on a GX280. Used Shift O and then entered in adjustments to the string. Once it was loaded I was able to make the change permennant via VI client. Thanks for the info guys!!!
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I want to load esx server 3i on my Dell gx280 but am unsuccessful. Can you elaborate more with the steps? I entered the the nocheck option on the boot menu but still getting the "cpuid is limited"....
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confirming this worked for me with latest ESXi 3.5.0 update 4 - also note that Hard Drive SATA Operation setting needs to be "Normal" not "combination" for ESXi to detect and install correctly. This...
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Hi, On the Desktop or Tower machines the lomit is 4 x 1Gb and you have to be careful with your selection of memory as not all DDR2 1Gb modules will work from other postings I've seen. Jonathan...
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At the initial bootloader screen (when booting from the ISO), press TAB to edit the boot optionsadd "nocheckCPUIDLimit" right after "vmkernel.gz", so that the first part of the boot options...
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