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[GH-ISSUE #122] Add support for VMware ESXI efi pxe booting #57

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opened 2026-02-27 14:50:10 +03:00 by kerem · 6 comments

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Originally created by @Dedsec1 on GitHub (Dec 11, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/122

Originally assigned to: @antonym on GitHub.

Hey,

could you add support to allow pxe booting of netboot for EFI enabled vm's on Vmware ESXI if its possible, the reason i ask is i work for an hosting company that deploys Vm's for customers that is hosted on our ESXI servers. we want to setup netboot.xyz for our customers so they can install different Linux dists easily if they choose to do so.

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Originally created by @Dedsec1 on GitHub (Dec 11, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/122 Originally assigned to: @antonym on GitHub. Hey, could you add support to allow pxe booting of netboot for EFI enabled vm's on Vmware ESXI if its possible, the reason i ask is i work for an hosting company that deploys Vm's for customers that is hosted on our ESXI servers. we want to setup netboot.xyz for our customers so they can install different Linux dists easily if they choose to do so. Thanks Dedsec1

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2026-02-27 14:50:11 +03:00

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2016):

I've been wanting to add more EFI support, just don't really have a good environment to test on yet. I'll see if I can get an ESXi server set up somewhere and toy around with it.

@antonym commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2016): I've been wanting to add more EFI support, just don't really have a good environment to test on yet. I'll see if I can get an ESXi server set up somewhere and toy around with it.

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@Dedsec1 commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2016):

oh ok, sounds good and i will be testing on my end as well

@Dedsec1 commented on GitHub (Dec 12, 2016): oh ok, sounds good and i will be testing on my end as well

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2026-02-27 14:50:11 +03:00

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2020):

EFI should work so closing this out.

@antonym commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2020): EFI should work so closing this out.

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@azrdev commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2020):

My test with netboot.xyz-efi.iso failed, while netboot.xyz.iso booted fine. What setup did you get it working on? ESXi version, emulated Hardware version, e1000/vmxnet NIC?

@azrdev commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2020): My test with `netboot.xyz-efi.iso` failed, while `netboot.xyz.iso` booted fine. What setup did you get it working on? ESXi version, emulated Hardware version, e1000/vmxnet NIC?

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2026-02-27 14:50:11 +03:00

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@antonym commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2020):

You'll probably need to ensure the VM is booting in EFI mode, think there's either a setting in the VM or in the vmx config file for that.

@antonym commented on GitHub (Mar 20, 2020): You'll probably need to ensure the VM is booting in EFI mode, think there's either a setting in the VM or in the vmx config file for that.

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@rancerbeta commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2021):

In case this helps anyone else: I was able to get the netboot.xyz EFI ISO booting on vSphere 6.7 using the iso off https://www.netboot.xyz/downloads/#uefi-ipxe-bootloaders. However, I could not get it to work with Secure Boot Enabled, which was on by default.

@rancerbeta commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2021): In case this helps anyone else: I was able to get the netboot.xyz EFI ISO booting on vSphere 6.7 using the iso off https://www.netboot.xyz/downloads/#uefi-ipxe-bootloaders. However, I could not get it to work with Secure Boot Enabled, which was on by default.

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