[olug] vmware P2V Centos 5.4

[Rob Townley]

Boot into single user mode and use chkconfig off any extra services....
might help.

On Thursday, August 23, 2012, Hurley, Rod <RHurley at tenaska.com> wrote:
> When you did the p2v, did you remember to uninstall any hardware junk
that normally blows up P2V?  Software like Dell OpenManage, HP Insight, IBM
Director, etc that is designed for hardware support often cause havoc with
the VM after the P2V process, and usually it's too late to fix it because
it won't boot.  I uninstall as much as I can stand prior to the P2V process.
>
> IF this is not the issue, I don't have any other tips for you, per se.
>
> Rod
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Justin Reiners
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 1:37 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: [olug] vmware P2V Centos 5.4
>
> I am trying to convert 2 physical 5.4 boxes to run on our VMWare platform
and I am having a hell of a time, anyone have any tricks? it dies when it
 is booting up saying something tried to kill init. any ideas?
>
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