Have you tried using the Dell 2.2 Bios from the Vmware Mega Bios Pack v2? I tried it on my esxi box and it didn't give me any errors as of yet.
What steps did you take? I just performed a fresh install of the same 5.1 build 1065491, extracted with the 1.1.5 tool, performed the BIOS mod with PhoenixTool, then injected. Loaded up a VM, SLIC Toolkit, and it's showing "Dump Error ! (RSD PTR Not found ! )" Edit: Nevermind. I created a new VM, and didn't get the error. I was getting the error because the VM I was running, came from an ESXi install with a bad ROM injection. I previously tried using 361H_dell_pesc3_22.rom from bigfoot, but I'm assuming it's out of date
Maybe someone can help me. I'm using ESXi 5.1 U1 and I'm tried to inject a Dell 2.2 BIOS from the Vmware Mega Bios Pack v2. When I try to extract or inject I get an error saying that there is no .bios440 in the .vmx file. Is this normal to have this missing?
I think you need to rename the dell 2.2 bios to bios440.rom and then inject it. I just did this last week on my new esxi box and it does work.
I tried that but I'm still getting an error. I'm downloading the vmx file from the database to work locally. I am supposed to use the vmx file from the folder with the vm right? I try to inject and get the error: "error removing .bios440 section from vmware-vmx" "operation failed" I tried running as a administrator but does not help.
No. You need to patch the vmx file located in /vmfs/volumes/BigBox/tmp/vmvisor-sys/bin/ which is where-ever you installed Esxi. Use jackmonsters directions in post #341 and everything should work fine.
FYI - ESXi 5.5 is available for download now... downloading.... VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 - Binaries ESXi ISO image (Includes VMware Tools) 2013-09-22 | 5.5.0 | 326M | .iso Boot your server with this image in order to install or upgrade to ESXi (ESXi requires 64-bit capable servers). MD5SUM(¹): 9aaa9e0daa424a7021c7dc13db7b9409 SHA1SUM(¹): ef599dc7e647177027684c0eee346ccdbc8704f2
FYI - I did an test installation of the new ESXi 5.5.0-1331820 and have extracted the built-in VMware BIOS (it is integrated in s.00) which is now v3.86d - link: (htt0://ul.to/5bxzb2ww) (RAR pass: JeZaCi). Could please somebody do a DELL SLIC 2.2 and SLP (DELL) with it. I know the procedure to integrate the modded bios440 back into the s.00. If somebody interested in ... Thanks in advance and best regards from Germany
Hi pantgruel and Hi sebus, I tested both of your BIOS mods and I can tell you: It works perfectly. Many thanks for your work!!! Sorry - next time I will also provide the RWE report... Tested it under ESXi5.5.0-1331820 and the following virtual machines: WindowsXP Pro SP3 DELL-OEM, Windows7 Ultimate DELL-OEM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise DELL-OEM. All operating systems stated "activated". For all interested ESXi5.5 modder I did upload the s.v00 file with the "VMwESXi5.5.0 v3.86d Dell 2.2 SLIC SLP1.0.rom" in it. Please note, in the picture the "rename" has to be "s.v00", not only "s.00" - sorry. Link: htt0://ul.to/kdgnmx7g RAR pass: JeZaCi
So KlaMue, All i have to do is upload the s.v00 file to my ESXi 5.5.0,1331820 server and then install windows xp/7 dell-oem cd and it will be activated? and i don't need to use the productkey on the bottom of my laptops, yes? or do i need to upload the s.v00 file then rename ESX55_v3.86d_bios440_Dell_SLIC22_Dell_SLP10 from sebus to bios440.rom then use the esxitool 1.1.5 to upload it to my esxi server ? or can i just rename ESX55_v3.86d_bios440_Dell_SLIC22_Dell_SLP10 from sebus to bios440.rom then use the esxitool 1.1.5 to upload it to my esxi server ? Thanks
Hi, just my 2 cent, not working right, but. ok, the ESX55_v3.86d_bios440_Dell_SLIC22_Dell_SLP10 can activate win-xp, win-vista, win-7, win-2008/R2, win-2012 but not win-8/8.1/2012 r2. but you will need the install product-key from bottom of your laptops to make the ones that work, work! let me put it another way: 1) SLP 1.0 in bios, no key in bios, *key+certificate is on re-install os CD, will activate when finish install. 2) SLP 2.2 in bios, no key in bios, *key+certificate is on re-install os CD, will activate when finish install. 3) SLP 3.0** in bios, key in bios, will not ask for a key. it just install pro retail, will not activate when finish install, need to do online/phone activation. *-if you don't have the re-installation cd, you have to get the dell certificate from net and key is on the bottom of the laptops. **-this is in the MSDMTable, not sure but only work for win-8.0? So SLP 1 & 2 tell the install OS what brand and key to use the do offline activation and SLP 3 tell the installing OS which product/product-type to install, which mean it does not use the brand. So if i mod the bios to DELL with SLP 1 & 2, how do i do DELL in SLP 3? If i need to install all 3 os for testing 8.0, 8.1, 2012 R2, how to do it for DELL in SLP 3? Is there a generic key to put in MSDMTable to install all 3 OS, or is it just version 8.0 alone that read the MSDMTable? i am not talking about activation, just installing. Can we put in more than one install key in this Table in BIOS/EFI? Thanks
Does someone have a link to the latest (1.1.5?) version of this? I can't seem to find it anywhere. I'd like to modify the BIOS on ESXi 5.1u1 to have an SLIC for WS2008R2 activation. If there's a more recent / better method, I'm all ears. Thanks