Install Raspberry OS Raspbian image on ESXI - Bookworm and above
xz -d 2023-10-10-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.xz
apt-get install qemu-utils
qemu-img convert -f raw 2023-10-10-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img -O vmdk 2023-10-10-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.vmdk
cd /vmfs/volumes/datastore1
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/2023-10-10-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.vmdk -d thin /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.vmdk
vmkfstools -X 20000m raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.vmdk
raspi-config --expand-rootfs
resize2fs /dev/sda2
nano /etc/fstab
** Enter the below line at the end of the file. Then CTRL+S , CTRL+X to save.
none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars efivarfs defaults
mount /boot/firmware
touch /boot/firmware/ssh
mount /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/
apt update
apt -y install grub-efi-arm64
apt -y install linux-image-arm64
dpkg -l | grep linux-image.*rpi.*
apt-get -y purge linux-image.*rpi.*
grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/firmware
update-grub2
** If you are using Raspberry OS Full and not Lite, Debian Bookworm Wayland does not seem to work, you would need to switch back to X11 desktop environment.
raspi-config
Advanced Options - Wayland - X11