I installed VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 6.7.0U2-13006603 ISO (2019) in a USB drive of 4GB of space with dd like so:
dd if=VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update01-10302608.x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb
It has been installed correctly, there are no errors when it's finished, but when I tried to start nothing happens.
I opened the bios and in the boot menu i can see the available devices.
the USB drive is included with its UEFI partition. I have selected usb device and it shows a black screen for a second and it comes back to the BIOS interface.

I tried with this other iso.
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update02-13006603.x86_64
The result is the same one.

It is supposed to be the same files as downloaded from: http://www.vmware.com/go/get-free-esxi

I used the same process to create a bootable with a centos 7 iso with dd and I installed centos 7 with any problem I'm currently using that system and is up to date.


Which is the problem?

Thank you.

Did you do "sync" after the dd to make sure all the data was written to the USB?

Did you do bs=? like dd if=whatever.iso bs=1024M of=/dev/sdb?
I forgot to add the bs parameter which caused it not to boot

Not sure what you have exactly nor do I know if that image is hybrid and capable of booting to a usb. If you want it on a usb then follow their instructions. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004784

I rather doubt the update image would work.

Jefro may be correct, forgot about that...isohybrid
To make the iso a isohybrid do
you can do isohybrid --help but usually you dont need any options

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