28 Feb
2017
28 Feb
'17
1:59 a.m.
I've been trying this myself today, both on ESXi 6.0U2, and I went and
installed ESXi 5.0 as a guest under 6.0U2 :)
I notice that when I put the CD as IDE 1:0 (bus 1, master) it doesn't
find it. When I put it as 0:0 (bus 0, master), it hangs loading the IDE
driver.
I suspect it doesn't know about bus 1, so it doesn't hang but also
doesn't find it, and there's something wrong with either VMware's
implementation of IDE, or SCO's handling of it - or both. I've read
where lots of devices in VMware are just to "perfect" for some device
drivers to deal with. One glaring example was you couldn't use the LSI
SAS driver with Solaris 11. It would either hang or panic, I forget
which. Switch to LSI Parallel SCSI, and it was fine.
Anyway, I suspect that there's something in the IDE driver that's
ignoring bus1, and hanging with VMware's implementation of it.
I'm going to try installing ESXi 4.0 and see what happens.
On another note, it's possible I just need to install the hard drive as
IDE from the get-go, have the CDROM as slave on bus 0 and see what happens.
Any pointers?
thanks!
art k.
On 2/27/2017 12:12 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Corey Lindsly wrote:
I have a note to myself to try an install in PCem later today.
Count me
in. I put my hand up for a copy of SCO when they were
offering free
samplers in the early 2000s, but never heard back from them.
I wanted to compare it with Linux ...
Thanks
Wesley Parish
For anyone interested, the SCO 2.1 images are available for download
here:
http://lod.com/sco
A few things:
1. I am having some difficulty getting it to install in VMWare ESXi
5. The
floppy image boots, and I get some way into the install process, but SCO
install does not see the virtual CD-ROM drive. Thus, I'm presented with
network install options only. At this point, there are a few options:
(a) Track down the driver and/or VMWare settings to fix the CD-ROM
visibility, and proceed with the install.
(b) Set up a SCO network install server, and proceed.
(c) Try the install on legacy physical hardware instead.
Of course, your experience may differ.
2. There's actually an installation guide available for this OS here:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/UW21/upd211/eng211.txt
As well as a lot of driver updates and other good stuff:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/UW21/
3. Anyone who wants to try SCO for the first time may find 5.0.7 a much
easier go. It will install directly from CD in VMWare, and there is more
driver support for it. To me, it has a very "pure" UNIX feel to it,
other than the gratuitous and absurd use of symbolic links all over the
file system. If you're interested in trying-out that version, let me
know
and I'll put up those images for download too.
Regards,
--corey