partition creation scratching on a USB flash drive.

Hi all, the host, ESXi 41 is started from 4 GB USB flash drive. 4 GB, 1 GB is used for the partition to the OS. ZERO has not been configured due to lack of free space required, 4 GB. Is it possible to use the freespace (3 GB) to scratch partition? I created a FAT16 partition with the space (3 GB). However, I have no idea how to convert\mount like partion to scratch. -l' host is not a local drive. Your help is very appreciated.

Amel says:

ESXi 41 is started from 4 GB USB flash drive. 4 GB, 1 GB is used for the partition to the OS. ZERO has not been configured due to lack of free space required, 4 GB.

The device must as well be greater than 5 GB, but also be a physical hard disk for scratch partition to be created. If on USB, there is not a scratch partition little matter the size of the USB unit.

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