I'm trying to install OX 10.8.2 in a VM under ESXi running on Mac Mini 6,2 (2.6 GHz 16 GB RAM). I copied the InstallESD.dmg file from the "Install OS X Mountain Lion" package to a network share on my NAS that is accessible via NFS from ESXi. I have installe multiple VMs this way - Linux ones from .iso files and Windows 7 from a .cdr file. I configured the OS X VM to use the InstallESD.dmg file as the CD/DVD drive. When I power up the OS X VM, it starts loading OS X 10.8.2 from the InstallESD.dmg file. However, when the first screen appears where I'm prompted to choose the language, neither my mouse or my keyboard functions in the Console window of this VM. Therefore, I cannot proceed with the installation process.
The OS X VM was provisioned with one virtual CPU with two cores, 4096 GB of RAM and 128 MB of video RAM. The virtual hard disk is on the Mac Mini's internal drive, and the size I provisioned is 800 GB with thin provisioning.
I've tried to use the mouse or keyboard in the OS X's VM console window from two different Windows machines running vSphere Client to no avail. I know this functionality works fine in a console window of any other VM. For example, I can open a Windows 7 VM running on the same Mac Mini under ESXi, and both my mouse and my keyboard work fine in that console window.
The image that I installed is the ESXi 5.1 image with the link posted in this thread.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!