The issue is that the HP ML115 has Sata drives and the script will allow me to be able to mount the drives to allow for ESX 3.5 to be accessible. The server is a host not on a network. It is a standalone box. I just need to be able to copy the script over to the box and run it. Once that's done the server will be a fully functional ESX Host. Any thoughts out there from the VM Community?

I understand. This is a personal Lab server. I am using ESX 3.5. USB is not Vmware friendly but the script will allow ESX 3.5 to work. I just need a simple step by step process to load it ....that's all =)

Thanks to your link I condensed the solution and added a few steps but now anyone can install ESX to a HP ML115 Server

ML115 ESX Server Solution

STEP 1

NOTE: Copy the *.sh script filefrom the web  that I provided at the begining of this post to a empty usb key 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then plug in the usb key with file before Login to the ESX Server.

Login to your ESX Service Console as root and run the following below:

1) modprobe usb-ohci

2) modprobe usb-storage

3) tail /var/log/messages

and you should see something like this:

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Mini Rev: 0.4

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: VMWARE SCSI Id: Supported VPD pages for sdb : 0×1f 0×0

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: VMWARE SCSI Id: Could not get disk id for sdb

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: :[VMWARE|http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/tag/vmware/|Posts tagged with VMware]: Unique Device attached as scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: scsi_register_host starting finish

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (976 MB)

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: sdb: sdb1 Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: scsi_register_host done with finish

Feb 8 14:50:56 supp15 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.

4) Now that we know that it's sdb1,

STEP 2

Create the mountpoint directory:

mkdir /mnt/[usb|http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/tag/usb/|Posts tagged with usb]

Mount the device:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/[usb|http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/tag/usb/|Posts tagged with usb]

That's it. Your files should be in /mnt/[usb|http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/tag/usb/|Posts tagged with usb].

To check, just run ls /mnt/[usb|http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/tag/usb/|Posts tagged with usb]

STEP 3

Now you will run the script (i.e. I supplied from web in the begining of this thread) to modify the HP Ml115 ESX Server installation recognition of the sata drive(s).

exec /mnt/usb/<file name of *.sh script that I provided>

reboot

After the ESX Server reboots then proceed to login with VI Client

Now you are all ready to go. I used my laptop to connect to the ESX server after install the VI Client. Also attach some type of cheap storage to allow for storage options on this sever.