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ESXi 8 Minimum Storage

Shift + O on boot
Append 
cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic=FALSE systemMediaSize=min

Permanent apply
esxcli system settings kernel set -s cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic -v FALSE
esxcli system settings kernel set -s ignoreMsrFaults -v TRUE

Ref: 

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/395554/esxi-psod-with-fatal-cpu-mismatch-on-fea.html

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/345195/boot-option-to-configure-the-size-of-esx.html

  • min     33GB, for single disk or embedded servers
  • small   69GB, for servers with at least 512GB RAM
  • max     all available space, for multi-terabyte servers