ESXi vs. Shuttle X27D

School is out, so now the real learning must begin.  I thought of taking VMWare ESXi out for a stroll, and put this on the sexy petite Shuttle X27D.  But alas, I can't get no satisfaction.  Grrr.

I'm stuck with the error:  Failed to load lvmdriver.

I'm guessing that the problem is that I am using an external USB cd-rom player.  I will try to scavenge an internal slim cd-rom player from another system.