# You must have a primary /boot partition at the start of the disk (2Gb is a good size)
# ensure you are using syslinux 3.X (i.e using Ubuntu 10.04, not 12.04)

#Variables
export IP=176.31.121.221
export NM=255.255.255.0
export GW=176.31.121.254
export NS=8.8.8.8
export URLKS=https://arnor.org/ESX/esxi41/treebeard.eriador.org.ks

#Script
wget --no-check-certificate http://arnor.org/ESX/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update02-502767.x86_64.iso
mkdir /extract
mount -o loop -t iso9660 VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update02-502767.x86_64.iso /mnt/
cp -rp /mnt/* /extract/
umount /mnt 
cd /extract
mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
sed -i "s|vmkboot.gz|vmkboot.gz ks=${URLKS} nameserver=${NS} ip=${IP} netmask=${NM} gateway=${GW}|" syslinux.cfg
umount /boot
apt-get -qy install syslinux dosfstools mtools
printf "a\n1\na\n1\nt\n1\n0C\nw\nq\n" |fdisk /dev/sda
mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n USB /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/
cp -rp * /mnt/
syslinux /dev/sda1
dd bs=440 conv=notrunc count=1 if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
umount /mnt
reboot


# ks file:
vmaccepteula
rootpw temppass
autopart --firstdisk --overwritevmfs

network --bootproto=static --device=vmnic0 --ip=176.31.121.221 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=176.31.121.254 --hostname=treebeard.eriador.org --vlanid=0 --nameserver=8.8.8.8

install url https://arnor.org/ESX/esxi41/

# in the URL, you must have the ISO contents (not the iso itself)