Installation guide

disk-type1,
[ disk-type2 ,...]
Partitions the first eligible disk found. By default, the eligible disks are set to
the following order:
1 Locally attached 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 filter list, the default settings are
overridden. You can combine filters to specify a particular disk, including
esx for the first 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.
--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.
--forcemigrate
If the host contains customizations, such as third-party VIBS or drivers, that
are not included in the installer .ISO, the installer exits with an error describing
the problem. The forcemigrate option overrides the error and forces the
upgrade.
CAUTION Using the forcemigrate option might cause the upgraded host to
not boot properly, to exhibit system instability, or to lose functionality.
keyboard (optional)
Sets the keyboard type for the system.
keyboardType
Specifies 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
n
Finnish
n
French
n
German
n
Greek
n
Icelandic
n
Italian
n
Japanese
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