Install SCO Unix Open. Server under VMware Workstation. I have been a SCO reseller since 1. I still have several. SCO Open. Server. I don't have a computer dedicated. Open. Server, but it can frequently be very convenient to. Open. Server system for testing. And it is not. always acceptable to remotely access a client's system, because the. I have been using VMware Workstation version 4 for running. Windows 9. 8 and various distributions of Linux, so it was natural to.
Getting Started with VMware Workstation Introduction and System Requirements Host System Requirements Processor Requirements for Host Systems. Open. Server. However, I soon realized that. VMware does not support Open. Server. The reason apparently has to do. Open. Server interfaces with the hardware. I did manage to find a brief outline of a procedure for installing. Open. Server under VMware. As I am writing this, it is still. Chinese). After several failed attempts, I managed to get Open. Server. installed and running quite successfully under VMware. I have been. using it for some time. It is very stable, and has proven very. I wanted to fully document the procedure for installing Open. Server. under VMware, for myself and for the public at large, so I went. Here is the product of that process. Start VMware. Create a new virtual machine by selecting "File / New / New. Virtual Machine..". Skip through intro to "New Virtual Machine Wizard" by. Next". Specify a "Virtual machine configuration" of. Custom", and click "Next". Specify a "Guest operation system" of "Other". Next". Specify a "Virtual machine name" that suits your taste. Location", and click "Next". Specify a "Memory: Guest size (MB)" of at least. Next".(I tried 3. MB and the installation failed with the error. Fs/extract. Prod/extract. All terminated by signal. Specify a "Network connection" that suits your. Next".(I prefer "Bridged networking", which makes your virtual. Specify to "Create a new virtual disk", and click. Specify a "Disk size (GB)" of at least "1". Allocate all disk space now" and "Split disk. GB files" as appropriate for your requirements, and. Specify a unique "Disk file" name, click "Advanced. Virtual device node" of "SCSI. Finish". Click "Edit virtual machine settings". Click the "Audio" device, and click. Click the "CD- ROM 1 (IDE 1: 0)" device, specify a. Connection" that points to the CD- ROM drive from which you. Virtual device node" of. Start adding a device by clicking "Add..". Skip through intro to "Add Hardware Wizard" by clicking. Specify a "Hardware type" of "Hard Disk", and. Specify to "Create a new virtual disk", and click. Specify a "Disk size (GB)" of only "0. Allocate all disk space now" and "Split disk into 2 GB. Next". Specify a unique "Disk file" name, click "Advanced. Virtual device node" of "IDE. Finish". Note regarding driver for Bus. Logic Multi. Master BT- 9. SCSI host. adapter: VMware virtual machines emulate the Bus. Logic Multi. Master BT- 9. SCSI host adapter. Open. Server includes drivers for this host. Open. Server under VMware. Bus. Logic Multi. Master BT- 9. 58 BTLD (which is. Internet) will. eventually result in a "no root disk controller. Download the Bus. Logic. Multi. Master BT- 9. BTLD diskette creator. Start a command- line session by clicking "Start /. Run..", typing "cmd", and pressing [Enter]. Make the drive where "mmunix. Enter]. Make the directory where "mmunix. CD {path}" (where. Enter]. Extract the "Bus. Logic Multimaster BT- 9. BTLD" diskette. creator by typing mmunix and pressing. Create the "Bus. Logic Multimaster BT- 9. BTLD" diskette. by typing "unix a: ", pressing [Enter], and. Close the command- line session by typing "exit". Enter]. Insert the "SCO Open. Server CD- ROM" into the CD- ROM. Bus. Logic Multimaster BT- 9. BTLD". diskette into the diskette drive. Return to VMware and start the new virtual machine by selecting. Power / Power On" (or by pressing [Ctrl- B]). Enter the virtual machine's BIOS setup utility by. Select the "Boot" settings page by pressing. Right] three times. Use [Up], [Down], [+] and [- ] to. CD- ROM Drive" is. Hard Drive" is second. Use [Up] or [Down] to select the "Hard. Drive" and press [Enter] to expand the. Use [Up] or [Down] to select the "VMware. Virtual IDE Hard- (PM)", then use [- ] to rearrange. Save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS setup utility by. F1. 0] and confirming that you wish to "Save. Note regarding floppy drives and VMware: For some unknown reason, VMware seems to have frequent problems. If. you receive a warning stating that VMware could not connect to the. OK" to dispense with the warning(s). Then. click the "Reset" toolbar icon (or press [Ctrl- R]) to. After a few tries, you should. At the "Boot: " prompt, type "restart. Sdsk=blc(0,0,0,0) Srom=wd(0,0,0,0)" and press. At the "Please insert the fd(6. Return> , or 'q' to quit: " prompt, press. Enter] (and then be patient). At the "Please enter .." prompt, type. Enter]. At the "Press < Enter> to begin. Enter]. At the "Please insert (blc) package BTLD disk. Enter]. At the "Installing SCO Open. Server(TM) software. Enter] to. "Continue" and press [Enter] again to. At the "Media device to be used: " prompt. IDE CD ROM". At the "IDE Controller: " prompt, specify. At the "Master or Slave: " prompt, specify. Press [Enter] until you confirm the "Accept above. At the "Insert your installation CD- ROM ..". Enter]. At the "Keyboard: " prompt, specify "US. English" (or whatever is appropriate for your. Enter] until you confirm the. Accept above choices" prompt. At the "License number: " prompt, enter a valid. Enter]. At the "License code: " prompt, enter a valid. Enter]. Press [Enter] until you confirm the "Accept above. At the "Suitability for automatic Upgrade". Fresh" and press. At the "Select OK to continue." prompt, choose. OK" and press [Enter]. On the "Configuring the basic system" screen. Enter] until. you confirm the "Accept above choices" prompt. On the "Initial system profile" screen. Enter] until. you confirm the "Accept above choices" prompt. On the "Preparing your disk and choosing. Hard disk. setup: " of "UNIX only : Bad Blocking. At the "Optional software: " prompt, specify. Enter] until you confirm the "Accept above. On the "Configuring optional software" screen. Network card: " of. Autodetect", which should result in "AMD. PCNet- PCI" being detected. Still on the "Configuring optional software". Video and graphics: " should already. VESA SVGA". Still on the "Configuring optional software". Enter] until you confirm the. Accept above choices" prompt. On the "Setting your root password" screen. Enter]. until you confirm the "Accept above choices". At the "The installation can now proceed. OK" and press. At the "Please select the floppy device you are. I know this is the wrong floppy device, but there is a method to. We already loaded the blc. After the installation, at boot- time, we will load. At the "Please insert the floppy for BTLD package: blc. Return> :" prompt, press. At the "mount: Bad address, Could not mount the BTLD. Abort BTLD load. but continue installation". At this point, the installation will continue unattended. At the "Press < Enter> to continue: ". Enter]. At the "Press < Enter> to continue". Enter]. At the "Safe to Power Off .." prompt, press. Leave the "SCO Open. Server CD- ROM" and the "Bus. Logic. Multi. Master BT- 9. BTLD" diskette in place. See note above about floppy drives and VMware, and ensure that. At the "Boot: " prompt, type "fd(6. At the "Please insert the fd(6. Return> , or 'q' to quit: " prompt, press. Enter] (and then be patient). At the "Please enter .." prompt, type. Enter]. At the "Type CONTROL- d to proceed .." prompt. Enter]. At the "#" prompt, type "mount. Enter]. At the "#" prompt, type "btldinstall. Enter]. At the "Please enter the names of the packages you wish. Enter]. At the "There is already a blc installed. Enter]. At the "A previous installation of Bus. Logic driver. 'blc', has been detected. Enter]. At the "Are you installing on a PCI- compliant host. At the "Do you want to enable Tag Queuing now? At the "Do you want to rebuild the kernel now? At the "Do you want this kernel to boot by default? At the "Do you want the kernel environment rebuilt? At the "#" prompt, type "scologin. Enter]. Note regarding running the SCO GUI under VMware: The SCO GUI does not appear to work well (if at all) with VMware. This is probably largely because, since VMware does not support. Open. Server, (unlike Linux and Windows) there is no accelerated. If you require the GUI, then consider. VNC to access the GUI remotely from your host operating. I have complete instructions and installation scripts for. Tight. VNC onto Open. Server at. David. Computer. Land. Inc. Got something to add? Send me email. 5. Increase ad revenue 5.
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