is it possible to install ESXi on linux?

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ESXi installs on a physical machine separately. I mean it's not a software which installs on an OS like a Linux machine. Am I right? I need something like ESXi server to be installed on a CentOS 5 physical machine. What's your suggestion?

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ESXi is a Hypervisor which installs directly onto hardware. Its almost like a mini OS if you like, so you can't install that on Linux. Software which will provide virtualization on top on the OS will be the likes of KVM, Xen or VirtualBox which would be better suited for you (sounds like it anyway)

Have a look at this link