updated ESXI guide

Author: mblackonline

_posts/2025-08-01-Nested-Esxi-Install-Guide.md

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-## Introduction
 
 I recently reinstalled Proxmox on my Dell homelab workstation and decided to tackle VMware ESXi 8. My old Dell has a 3rd gen Intel i7, 16GB RAM, and dual 1TB SSDs - decent specs but showing its age.