Hi John: The ESX installer is a modified Redhat installer, I forget from what version I think REL 3 but don't quote me on that. You should be able to use the same code you used with Redhat to get a serial console. When I did the install, I just grabbed sited help as the interactive portion of setup is perhaps a 15 minute thing and after doing some research I realized it was taking me longer to figure out which boot option I needed and to get a computer set up for serial console than it would be just to grab someone. I believe its also possible to use Kickstart scripts just like you would with readhat, if you do an interactive install I actually think it puts a script of the install in /root. There are several files the installer puts in there and I've not looked through them all. For those that don't know, a Kickstart script is similar to an unattended Windows install. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John Heim Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:48 PM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] installing vmware esx Anybody know if it's possible to install vmware esx if you're blind? I have already tried modifying the boot CD to have a serial console and I've booted a normal CD with a PC Weasel card. In case you haven't heard of it, the weasel acts like a VGA card except that instead of VGA output it has a serial port. So you can use a null modem cable and a terminal emulator on another computer to get text output. I booted from a vmware esx installation CD and entered 'text' at the boot prompt to start a text install. But the weasel is still indicating that it is getting a command to go into graphics mode. I suspect the vmware text install isn't a real text install. -- John Heim jheim@math.wisc.edu / 608-263-4189 "An operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle before approaching closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian who is using a service animal" -- Wisconsin Statute 2005 Act 354, _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins