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For accepted disk name formats, see “Disk Device Names,” on page 181.
--firstdisk=
disk-type1,
[disk-type2,...]
Partitions the rst eligible disk found. By default, the eligible disks are set to
the following order:
1 Locally aached storage (local)
2 Network storage (remote)
3 USB disks (usb)
You can change the order of the disks by using a comma-separated list
appended to the argument. If you provide a lter list, the default seings are
overridden. You can combine lters to specify a particular disk, including
esx for the rst disk with ESX installed on it, model and vendor information,
or the name of the vmkernel device driver. For example, to prefer a disk with
the model name ST3120814A and any disk that uses the mptsas driver rather
than a normal local disk, the argument is
--firstdisk=ST3120814A,mptsas,local.
--overwritevsan
You must use the --overwritevsan option when you install ESXi on a disk,
either SSD or HDD (magnetic), that is in a Virtual SAN disk group. If you use
this option and no Virtual SAN partition is on the selected disk, the
installation will fail. When you install ESXi on a disk that is in a Virtual SAN
disk group, the result depends on the disk that you select:
n
If you select an SSD, the SSD and all underlying HDDs in the same disk
group will be wiped.
n
If you select an HDD, and the disk group size is greater than two, only
the selected HDD will be wiped.
n
If you select an HDD disk, and the disk group size is two or less, the SSD
and the selected HDD will be wiped.
For more information about managing Virtual SAN disk groups, see the
vSphere Storage documentation.
--overwritevmfs
Install ESXi if a VMFS partition exists on the disk, but no ESX or ESXi
installation exists. Unless this option is present, the installer will fail if a
VMFS partition exists on the disk, but no ESX or ESXi installation exists.
keyboard (optional)
Sets the keyboard type for the system.
keyboardType
Species the keyboard map for the selected keyboard type. keyboardType
must be one of the following types.
n
Belgian
n
Brazilian
n
Croatian
n
Czechoslovakian
n
Danish
n
Default
n
Estonian
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