# Vmware ESXi Installation issues
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [11 October 2018 12:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616 "2018-10-11T12:02:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jalh](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/jalh)
#### Post date: [11 October 2018 12:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/1 "2018-10-11T12:02:06Z")
Hello everyone,
I’m encountering some issues while installing dietpi on an esxi machine (6.5). I’t doesn’t matter what image I use to boot it, it always return an error. Is there a guide of how to do so ?
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### Author:  [@baz123](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/baz123)
#### Post date: [14 October 2018 19:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/2 "2018-10-14T19:21:14Z")
I have managed it on 5.5. What is the error?
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### Author:  [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [14 October 2018 20:04 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/3 "2018-10-14T20:04:00Z")
Did you try install via DietPi-PREP script, or used VMware image ([https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/](https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/))?
And jep, some details, error messages, logs, where exactly the errors/break appears etc 😉.
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### Author:  [@jalh](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/jalh)
#### Post date: [15 October 2018 15:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/4 "2018-10-15T15:14:01Z")
Sorry, It seems my HW version is 13 and this guest OS requires 14. I guess it is time to upgrade to 6.7 afterall.
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### Author:  [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [15 October 2018 19:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/5 "2018-10-15T19:40:49Z")
Hmm, strange that it works on 5.5 then as well. Indeed the exact error output would be great. Perhaps there is a way we can increase/ensure compatibility with older WMware versions, when doing image creation on most current version.
Also depends on if it is a hardware issue (missing/wrong driver or something) or an issue of the vmx config file being incompatible.
Just checked the vmx file, which contains:
```nohighlight
virtualHW.version = "14"
```
You could try to remove this line or replace it by **virtualHW.version = “13”** , if WMware denies to start the VM.
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### Author:  [@baz123](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/baz123)
#### Post date: [15 October 2018 20:05 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vmware-esxi-installation-issues/2616/6 "2018-10-15T20:05:27Z")
I had to convert the base image as vmware vmdk files are not compatible with EXSi.
[https://tech.borpin.co.uk/2018/01/30/adding-a-dietpi-vm-to-an-exsi-host/](https://tech.borpin.co.uk/2018/01/30/adding-a-dietpi-vm-to-an-exsi-host/) for details.