Hey Mike,
Yeah, ESXi 8.03 doesn't have ntfscat, which makes things tricky, but you still have options. Since you're working directly from the shell with no remote access, the best approach is to manually mount the USB and copy the files over without having to split them.
First, you'll want to make sure ESXi detects the USB properly. If it does, you can mount it and use a simple cp or even dd command to transfer the files. If the USB is formatted as NTFS, though, that's where things get complicated because ESXi doesn't natively support writing to NTFS. In that case, you might have better luck using an intermediary Linux machine to pull the files off the USB and push them to ESXi over SCP or via a network share.
It's not ideal, I know, but it should get the job done without forcing you to break up the files.
Original Message:
Sent: Feb 07, 2025 10:32 AM
From: Mik3
Subject: ESXi 8.03 ntfscat
Hi!
As ntfscat is not implemented in ESXi 8.03, does anyone have a method for moving large files without having to split them first?
Thanks,
Mike