Trying to use iPXE and ESXi 5.5 ("live")

[hetz]

Hi,

I found a link which shows how to boot a "Live" ESXi from PXE. Link is here.

His lines of code to add:

Code:

LABEL esxisub
  KERNEL menu.c32
  APPEND esxi-submenu
  MENU LABEL Jump to ESXi submenu

The esxi-submenu contains:

Code:

LABEL esxi55u3b
  KERNEL /esxi55u3b/mboot.c32
  APPEND -c /esxi55u3b/boot.cfg
  MENU LABEL ESXi esxi55u3b - VMware-VMvisor-Installer-201512001-3248547.x86_64.iso 09/13/16

I tried to "translate" it iPXE. My crude result is (it's part of a menu):

Code:

:esxi55u3
set boot-path http://hetzlabs.com/esxi55u3b
kernel ${boot-path}/mboot.c32
imgargs http://hetzlabs.com/esxi55u3b/boot.cfg
boot

I'm trying it on VMWare workstation, it loads the files and show "ok", but nothing happens..

Suggestions please?

Thanks