Re: Trying to P2V an old linux box

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Carl Karsten <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Jay Strauss <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm attempting to P2V (Physical to Virtual) an old Debian box (that I
> > don't update or take good care of).
>
> If you don't take care of it, why are you messing with it?
>

I wanted to shutdown the box and move it to another server.  I'm trying to
get some space in my basement.


>
> Guessing it does something you want, so I would build a new system
> that does that.
>

True, it does have some stuff that I need.  Rebuilding would be difficult as
I don't remember how I built most of the stuff to begin with (it was years
ago).  I'm not entirely sure I could recreate if I started from scratch.
 While I don't take care of it, it doesn't mean some of the things running
are not important.  The oldbox has just been running and running. <granted
I'm not the best sys admin>


> >
>
> on P, do lspci
>

oldbox:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-724F [DS-1 Audio
Controller] (rev 03)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev
10)
00:0f.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP
1X/2X (rev 5c)


My guess is the kernel only has support for the P disk controller, and
> not the controller of the V.  if so, an easy solution is to add the
> proper module to /etc/modules.  I have no clue what controller vmware
> emulates.
> --
> Carl K
>


I don't know how to determine if it's a problem with not having the proper
support for the VMWare controller or it just can't find the / partition
because its not pointing correctly.

Thanks
Jay

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