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How to modify the esx.conf file on a second hard drive (not the boot disk)

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Hello all,

Hopefully you guys can help me.  I was messing around with the esx.conf file (/etc/vmware/esx.conf) on my lab (small PC) running ESXi 6.5 and now Hypervisor does not boot at all. I know exactly which line I have to revert back to original. My lab PC is a single SSD hard drive, nothing fancy.

 

Luckily, I have an external hard drive with ESXi 6.5 (configured and operational) and I'm able to boot from that external hard drive and use the CLI.  How can I access the SSD hard drive, navigate to the esx.conf (of the SSD HD) and vi the file that I changed earlier?  I know how to use vi, question is how do I get to that esx.conf file that is corrupted?

 

Does that make sense?  I really don't want to blow the entire lab ESXi away and start again; it took me sometime to install and get all the VMs configured correctly.

 

Thanks in advance for the assistance.


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