Re: OSR5 on VMware Server Beta SCSI?


Chad G wrote:
Thanks for the help and suggestions guys. Unfortunately, it looks
like OSR5.0.6 is definitely not going to work with VMware Server, still
pops up with the "Bad Magic Number" error when trying to load BTLDs at the
CD "Boot:" prompt. 5.0.7 will load the BTLD for the BusLogic controller
(thanks for the hints Bela, those are good things to know!), but it seems
to be unable to integrate the BTLD into the kernel during the install, so
once the install is finished and I reboot SCO can't find the hard disk
anymore.
I must be doing something wrong, so I'll keep trying with 5.0.7 and see
if I can get it working. I've tried using both a physical floppy and the
floppy image with the exact same results, on 2 different physical VMware
servers, and also swapped out floppy drives just to make sure. Kevin, did
you do anything special to trick 5.0.7 into installing with your floppy
image?

Thanks again for all your information, I really appreciate it.

Now that you mention it there is another step. I'd forgotten about it
till just now.
-create VMWare machine using Buslogic SCSI
-boot from install CD
-at the boot prompt, type "dir fd(65)" to make sure the floppy address
is correct.
-at the boot: prompt, i used "defbootstr link=fd(65)blc
Sdsk=blc(0,0,0,0)"
-install as usual, but the installer will ask you to specify your
floppy drive for the BTLD. choose (2) /dev/fd1. THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED
TO WORK. It will error out, but choose "b" to about BTLD and continue
install
-after the install is finished, you have a little more work to do.
when you get to the boot prompt, use "unix.install link=fd(64)blc
Sdsk=blc(0,0,0,0) root=hd(42) swap=hd(41)". you're using fd(64) this
time because it's the first floppy (last time the first floppy was the
boot cd)
-you can't use the regular unix kernel because it's fully linked and
you won't have enough memory
-now "mount /dev/fd0135ds18 /mnt" to mount your floppy image
-"btldinstall /mnt" to add the driver
-relink the kernel and reboot.


Hope this helps.
Kevin

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