The VM OS installs (ESXi 3.5 and 4.1)

I tried to create a working VM on ESXi 3.5 and 4.1 on a Dell 2850 for the last 2 days without a bit of luck.

No matter what I do, the result is either 'operating system not found' (when you use the computer settings default virtual for CD/DVD) or the console window just sits there indefinitely with flashing underscore in the top left corner of the screen when I try to map VM CD/DVD to: welcome CD, ISO image of data storage local client CD or ISO local client image.

I tried with Win2k3 and WinXP OS and have the same results with both.

I made sure that the config of the BIOS was configured to boot from the CD as the 2nd option in all cases.

I have no idea what else to try?

I second everything people have said notably that the disc probably isn't bootable download / bad / bad ISO file.  A simple test is to simply start on a physical computer drive and see if it loads in the configuration of the installation.  You can always cancel without affecting the current installed OS after checking that it works.  Make sure that the CD/DVD is set to connect market, etc... I'm sure you already know.  These disk sizes should be around 400-600 MB in size.

-Kyle

«"RParker wrote: I guess I was mistaken, everything CAN be virtualized"»

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