Cold clone Novel 5 to ESX

[jjk3]

Has anyone had any success in using the VMware converter to covert a Novel 5 machine into a VM running on ESX 3.0?

I have yet to try it, but wanted to see if anyone had any advise.

Thanks,

Joe

[esiebert7625]

See this post...

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=643194&#643194

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[admin]

While you can use the cold clone boot CD to copy a Novell system, you may still need to perform manual steps to make the new VM bootable.

The best way to get the new VM working is to first install a fresh Novell VM and then mount the unbootable virtual disk to it.

Then make the necessary edits to these files by comparing the working VM's with the unbootable VM's:

\- STARTUP.NCF and STARTUP.ORG

\- SCSIHD. CDM and SCSIHD.DDI

\- LSIMPTNW.HAM and LSIMPTNW.DDI