Well, there is on person (already retired) that wrote the programs in microfocus.
I could ask him to do something but it would have to be very easy and fast to do.
We have hundreds (literally) of programs with hundreds each lines of code.
1. You may need to rename it due to accidental double (iso.ISO) filename extension.
2. you might like to edit your previous post to remove ftp credentials if you don't want to leave them in the public domain.
3. You might like to backup the file immediately.
This may help for the serial number and activation key. Find the Licence number 4 a re-install
Also if the Compaq Smartstart was used for the initial installation, the "installation interview" is stored in the root file system.
I understand if this needs to be in a different thread, but when I got started I wish this would have been easy to find. I am also sure there are betters ways of doing this, but here has been my experience:
First thanks to hicksd8 for the iso. - My boys are still impressed
What I found is there are a few RAID cards that have been used for SCO machines that are obviously older and the newer ESXi versions do not support that hardware. For me to get it to work I had to use an older version of ESX but then I was unable to use USB drives - it will get you one way or another.
Because of these issues I was unable to successful do an image restore. You might be able to do a better job than me with this.
What I decided to do was a new install and then copy over the necessary data. I also had to install certain patches. Some of the time ftp.sco.com was down and that created issues so get them while you can and move to your own ftp.
Below is some of the steps I took:
Install SCO 5.0.6 - at one point it looks for something but is unable to find it, I change the cd to the 5.0.7 image where it finds it and then I switch back. Sorry I do not remember what it was but it will be obvious because you can not move forward.
After install finishes then I run the following commands.
[CODE]
netconfig
(Add net card)
Code:
vi /etc/default/tcp
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
vi /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.0.25
# reboot now
cd /tmp
mkdir ssh
cd /ssh
mkdir openssh
cd /openssh
ftp ftp.sco.com
anonymous
<your@email.com>
get ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/opensrc/openssh-4.2p1/openssh42p1_vol.tar
exit
tar xvf openssh42p1_vol.tar
cd ..
mkdir rs506a
cd rs506a
ftp ftp.sco.com
anonymous
<your@email.com>
get ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/rs506a/rs506a.tar
exit
tar xvf rs506a.tar
cd ..
mkdir oss646c
cd oss646
ftp ftp.sco.com
anonymous
<your@email.com>
mget ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/oss646c/*
exit
cd ..
mkdir gwxlibs
cd gwxlibs
ftp ftp.sco.com
anonymous
<your@email.com>
get ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/opensrc/gwxlibs-2.1.0Ba/gwxlibs210Ba_vol.tar
exit
tar xvf gwxlibs210Ba_vol.tar
cd ..
Login to Software admin > "Media Device"
install /tmp/ssh/rs506a
install /tmp/ssh/oss646c
install /tmp/ssh/gwxlibs
install /tmp/ssh/openssh42p1
Thank you so much for the iso, I have downloaded it and already installed, I have the VM running!
Also thanks for the instructions on installing the updates, as I said I have very basic unix knowledge, I couldnt have done it without your help.
I installed the vm using the 5.0.7 boot floppy and the 5.0.6 cd.
That tutorial said it had to be done using a virtual hd of 2gb and later on add a larger second hd.
Here is where I have a new problem. In the vm properties I add the second hd and has id (0:1) 0:0 is the first one.
I use mkdev hd as instructed but it ends with an error.
What commands should I use to add this disk? Can I just resize the one I have in the vm to 32 gb and end of story? I think i'll try that later.
I have used df command to check the size of the disk but I dont really understand the results... It talks about blocks... Are those bytes? Any other commands to check disks?
Again, I really appreciate your help with this project.
hello everyone
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