Hello,
I tried to convert a W2K3 entreprise edition with SP2 physical machine(on RX 200 S4) with cold cloning but when I boot onVMWare converter 3.0.3 and click on convert machine, I've a message error that said : enable to determine guest operating system. (w2k3 work) so i don't now why ???and what can i do for fix it and convert my P machine to V.
thanks in advanced for you're help and sorry for my english
There are 2 common ways to get that error message:
1. The system doesn't have windows (not this case)
2. Drivers are required to see the hard drives in that server. When the cold clone disc boots, you can press F6 to add storage drivers. Make sure to get the ones that have a TXTSETUP.OEM for the hardware in your server.
There are 2 common ways to get that error message:
1. The system doesn't have windows (not this case)
2. Drivers are required to see the hard drives in that server. When the cold clone disc boots, you can press F6 to add storage drivers. Make sure to get the ones that have a TXTSETUP.OEM for the hardware in your server.
Thanks I'm the VIone,
I've fixed my problem using this last post, It was my LSI SAN drivers who aren't in the iso file
Thak you bye !
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First doubleclick the R165739.exe driver self-decompression executable.
I saved the files into a subdirectory called "perc"
06/18/2008 02:06 PM
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06/18/2008 02:06 PM ..
06/08/2007 11:17 AM 19,584 megasas.sys
06/08/2007 11:17 AM 1,279 nodev.inf
06/08/2007 11:17 AM 12,928 oemsetup.inf
08/29/2007 05:10 PM 12,488 percsas.cat
06/08/2007 11:17 AM 20,992 percsas.sys
08/29/2007 11:11 PM 7,133 PERC_2.14.0.32_WS03_i386.txt
08/28/2007 04:28 PM 4,172 txtsetup.oem
7 File(s) 78,576 bytes
2 Dir(s) 23,758,618,624 bytes free
Then inject the driver into the coldclone.iso.
Open options:
-h --help produce help message
-i --image arg specify image file
-b --binary arg binary files to add
-B --start_binary arg binary files to add and automatically start
-v --vnc arg vnc package to be added
-p --package arg software package to be added
-P --start_package arg package to be added and automatically start
-f --disable_firewall disable firewall
-d --storage_driver arg add storage device driver
-n --network_driver arg add network device driver
-t --tmp arg specify a temporary directory
In this case the driver is a storage driver
C:\> petool -i coldclone.iso -d perc
Log: checking options ...
Log: checking file existence ...
load ISO image ...
load ISO image succeeded
load boot image ...
load boot image succeeded
extract boot image ...
extract boot image succeeded
Log: adding storage driver perc
Log: adding driver name PERC
Log: adding driver name succeeded
Log: adding storage driver perc succeeded
load ISO image ...
load ISO image succeeded
Log: pack image file back ...
pack the ISO image ...
load source directory & boot image file ...
load source directory & boot image file done
write system reserved sector ...
write system reserved sector done
write primary volume descriptor ...
write primary volume descriptor done
write boot record ...
write boot record done
write volume descriptor set terminator ...
write volume descriptor set terminator done
write boot image ...
write boot image done
write path tables ...
write path tables done
write directory record and files ...
0%.........10%.........20%.........30%.........40%.........50%.........60%.........70%.........80%.........90%.........100%
write directory record and files done
pack ISO image succeeded
Log: pack image file back succeeded
Log: clean up ...
Log: clean up succeeded
I booted from the coldclone using Workstation 6.x and hit F6 first thing when it booted up and took a screenshot showing the embeded driver