Re: VMware - installing openserver 5.0.x

From: Vetrix (vetrix_at_tele2.it)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:27:10 +0100

hy,
i'm bypass the display problem (with 506) on virtual pc usig oss653 and
bootstring "link=ivga",
i think your solution work only with 5.0.7.
but "wd" driver dont recognize primary ide controller (and related hard
disk) and installation stop (no root hard disk).
this append also on vmware (in vmware sco running on emulated SCSI hard disk
....) when use IDE driver.
i try to use update wd driver found on
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/osr507list.html, wich have much
debug support with bootstring:
"defbootstr link="ivga wd506" wd.debug=i" but hard disk is not recognized
too.
i add "adapter=wd(0x0170,14,0)" without success.
at this moment, with a DOS utility, i try to detect cylinder/head/sector of
virtual hard disk, to use in bootstring.
  defbootstr biosgeom=(cyl,head,sector)
I will make you to know if is that works..

i have olso try to install on ide hard disk in standard way and then use
vmware/virtual pc to "run" from this phisical disk (is the tricks used for
install on vmware with SCSI hard disk) without success.

any "wd driver" guru contribute ?

"Atta Rehman" <arehman@bond.co.uk> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:67d05ca7.0403030512.2e061037@posting.google.com...
> "Vetrix" <vetrix@tele2.it> wrote in message
news:<r6K%b.27291$zm5.8879@nntpserver.swip.net>...
> > i have 5.0.6 and 5.07 running on Vmware 4.0.x (used in demo notebook and
> > developer machine).
> > there are 2 big problem of installing directly on virtual machine:
> > floppy access and detect hardware on first boot.
> > with a celeron 1.1 ghz and windows 2000 pro, i have installed 5.0.6 and
> > 5.0.7 in very simple way, using BTLD for scsi controller and bootstring.
> > when i read your post i'm try another installation (to write down a
worked
> > documentation about doing it), but i have new problem.
> > but now i have upgraded hardware to pentium4 2.66ghz and windows Xp pro,
so
> > i think the problem is related on timing/perfomance issue.
> > next week i try other solution, and post results on newsgroup.
> >
> > in same time i try to use VirtualPC 2004 (M$), but there is a big
problem
> > with display driver...
> >
> > anyone is able to produce a custom installation floppy to simplifies
> > installation ?
> > i try to replace kernel on standard floppy with a vmware-working kernel,
but
> > is to big to fit in....
> >
> > any tricks is welcome.
> >
> > Mirko
> >
> > "Stuart Marshall" <stuart@spidersoft.co.uk> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:c1fg04$1hcmu9$1@ID-142465.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > Yussef ElSirgany wrote:
> > >
> > > > Has anyone had any luck on installing SCO Openserver 5.0.x on
vmware? I
> > have
> > > > found only one post with information on pcunix.com/newsgroups but
> > nothing
> > > > reproducible or updated!
> > > >
> > > > VMware says that sco openserver/unixware are not supported os'es but
> > people have
> > > > been able to install anyway apparently.
> > >
> > > I tried, without success, to do this about a year ago. I believe that
> > > Open Server will actually /run/ under VMWare but you cannot install
> > > it; it's a while since I tried and I'm sorry I can't remember where
> > > things fell over.
> > >
> > > The latest version I tried was 5.0.6, I've not tried 5.0.7.
> > >
> > > If you get any further please let me know, it's still on my "want to
> > > do" list :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Stuart.
>
> I was having problems with the display when trying to install SCO
> 5.0.7 using Microsoft VirtualPC 2004. The following bootstring
> helped a bit but I still can't get the virtual hard disk recognised.
>
> SCO OpenServer (TM) Release 5
> Boot
> : defbootstr cn.primary=vga
>
> It goes through hardware scan as shown bellow problem with the HD
> controller:
>
> %adapter 0x0170-0x0177 15 - type=IDE ctlr=secondary dvr=wd
> %udi - - - UDI environment
> %adapter - - - ha=0 type=usb_msto UDI SCSI HBA
> WARNING: hd: no root disk controller was found
> hd: a Boot-Time Loadable Driver may be required
> WARNING: wd(1) now using polled interface
> %cd-rom - - - type=IDE unit=0 ctrl=sec cfg=mst dvr=Srom->wd
> mem: total = 130620k, kernel = 55348, user = 75272k
> rootdev = 31/7, pipedev = 31/7, dumpdev = <none>
> kernel: Hz = 100, i/o bufs = 37092k (high bufs = 36068)
>
> Press <Enter> to begin installation
>
> Any ideas what could be causing wd driver not to load properly..?

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