Hi
You converted machine is showing with VC, after P2V you want to do some linux rescue steps please go through the following steps
Boot up with the bootable Linux installation CD 1. If it
doesn't boot from the CD, you may have to change the VM's setting to go to the
BIOS setting on the next boot so that you can change the boot sequence.
. At the boot: prompt type Linux rescue and hit enter.
. It will search for the Linux partition. In my case, it could not find the
hard disks. So, I had to go back to VM's setting to change the BusLogic SCSI
controller to LsiLogic.
. After changing to LsiLogic controller, Linux installation image was able to
find the Linux partitions on the VM.
. The system will give you opportunity to mount the root file system. At the
linux prompt, type: chroot /mnt/sysimage and hit enter.
. It will get you back to the prompt. Now at the prompt type: kudzu and hit
enter.
. It will ask you to remove old hardware and detect and install new hardware.
Follow the instructions.
. After exiting from Kudzu, at the prompt type: ls /lib/modules and take note
of the version/image. For instance, your active linux version is 2.6.9-5.ELsmp.
Take note of it.
. After that you will need to make new RAM disk as follows.
. Type /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.9-5.ELsmp.img 2.6.9-5.ELsmp
. Reboot.
. After the reboot, it should successfully boot up without any kernel panic.
. If you still see the kernel panic, then go back to step 20 and find the
correct module and repeat the steps bolded steps
After you have booted the system successfully, determine if it is working as
expected.
.. Install VMware Tools.
Thanks
