I was just figuring something out from the command line on an ESXi 4.0 host. I needed to mount a partition but a regular “mount” did not work so it took me a couple of seconds to realize why. The solution was simple and similar to the regular mount command:
/usr/bin/busybox mount
also might come in handy:
/usr/bin/busybox fdisk -l
Busybox… indeed, that’s what is being used under the hood and that’s what needs to be used for specific commands. Just run /usr/bin/busybox and you will see which commands you will have to your disposal. Another command I often use when working on the ESXi console is “vim-cmd”. Remember these…