Hi,
I am trying to boot ESXi 7 from USB-flash on my good old Dell Precision M4800 laptop in my home lab. However it shows "Invalid Partion Table" error msg. If I press 'any key' it boots ESXi successfully. However I need it to boot automatically without pressing 'any key' every time I need to restart host.
Dell explains this behavior in article:
- USB key was created with a floppy(00H) format that emulates HDD(80H). Upon boot the BIOS is unable to find 80H at MBR partition entry, so it shows that the partition table is invalid.
Also they suggests to update BIOS however I use the latest on.
I see there is the issue with M4800's BIOS as there is no problem with my good old Lenovo x230.
However, I hope someone can give me advice on how to "fix" the ESXi boot-loader on USB to give the Dell BIOS what it wants.
Regards,
Roman