Set up a dual boot between Server 2008 R2 & VMware ESXi 5.0 on the same server
Steps:
1.Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on the first disk (HD0).
2.Install ESXi 5.1 on the second disk (HD1).
3.Install EasyBCD 2.1.2 on Win2k8.
4.Click on the “Add New Entry” button and then select the tab “NeoGrub”. Then click on the “Configure” button and appended the below lines to the end of the file (menu.list) and save it.
default 0
timeout 0
title ESXi 5.1
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader (hd1)+1
rootnoverify (hd1)
1.Install Windows Server 2008 R2 on the first disk (HD0).
2.Install ESXi 5.1 on the second disk (HD1).
3.Install EasyBCD 2.1.2 on Win2k8.
4.Click on the “Add New Entry” button and then select the tab “NeoGrub”. Then click on the “Configure” button and appended the below lines to the end of the file (menu.list) and save it.
default 0
timeout 0
title ESXi 5.1
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader (hd1)+1
rootnoverify (hd1)
5.Now Reboot and you will get a Windows boot menu with "Windows Server 2008 R2" and "NeoGrubBootloader" listed. Selecting "NeoGrubBootloader" will boot to ESXi 5.1.
