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Hi there

Firstly, I'm no expert with Unixware but have an appreciation of Unix systems generally. I've been asked to help with a P2V of an aging server and me and the guy that asked for help have hit some snags.

He's created an image (.spf) and used the VMWare Converter to upload it to ESX. When the VM is turned on the panics with

Code:

PANIC: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root

Clearly there's a problem with the physical vs. virtual disk.

We found a procedure on the internet that we thought might help which depends on an installation CD. The original 7.1.1 CD is not available so we've been using 7.1.4 and maybe there are bigger differences than we imagined.

My questions are:

1) has anybody here got experience of moving a 7.1.1 P2V?
2) I'm sure I read somewhere that 7.1.1 was free. Can that be right?
3) If 2 is right where can I download it?

Thanks for your help.

Philip

If you have the serial number and activation key for the 7.1.1 then you could download 7.1.4 from here The SCO Group, Inc. | Support | Update | Download | Product
and then upgrade the system prior to moving it.
Neither release is free.

I left out that you should test to see if 7.1.4 will install with the 7.1.1 serial and activation.

I'll have to check on the serial number/activation key front.
It's been installed for ages and they've gone through several staff so I'm not very hopeful.

I'm not familiar with Unixware but when booting SCO Openserver you get a 'boot:' prompt where you can enter commands to specify a different root disk and so on. Is there something similar on Unixware? I would also suggest searching at SCO Knowledge Center to see if anything there helps you.