P2V Migration to VMware Bootloader issues

[jayjay5]

Hi,
I am in the process of migrating an old Gentoo
uname -r
2.6.30.5-grsecvc

cat /etc/gentoo-release
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1

I am trying to virtualized the server using the VMware converter tool and it fails at 97% with a GRUB related error message:
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'GrubInstaller::InstallGrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installGrub.sh failed with return code: 127, and message: FATAL: kernel too old Error running vmware-updateGrub.sh through chroot into /mnt/p2v-src-root Command:

chroot "/mnt/p2v-src-root" /vmware-updateGrub.sh "GRUB2" "(hd0)" "(hd0,1)" /vmware-device.map "grub2-install" '

After some Googling and hours of trial and error I am just moving in circles. When booting the VM I get this error message:
"Error loading operating system"

I have tried reinstalling LILO and GRUB from Knoppix Live image with the following error:
/# /sbin/lilo
Fatal: raid_setup: stat("/dev/sda")




Here the physical server disk:
Disk /dev/sda: 18.2 GB, 18245222400 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 17400 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x35104964

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9767 10001392 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9768 13186 3501056 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 13187 15628 2500608 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 15629 17400 1814528 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 73.4 GB, 73410805760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8925 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02993e92

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 8925 71690031 83 Linux

Here is my lilo.conf :
boot=/dev/sda
#raid-extra-boot=/dev/sda,/dev/sdb
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot-text.b
vga=normal
#keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
restricted
password=phunk
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
# append="panicmorse=2 video=aty128fb:640x480 parport=auto slram=VRAM,0xf8400000,+0x00c00000"
# append="md=d0,/dev/sda2,/dev/sdb2"
image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
label=linux-old
root=/dev/sda1
read-only
image=/boot/memtest86/memtest.bin
label=memtest
image=/boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin
label=memtest+


Any help on how to get this VM to boot will be highly appreciated.

[alamahant]

Plz dont waste your time in a vain pursuit.
Instead
Mount the old-Gentoo on a directory.
Then
create a new VM
boot into a livecd
partition the Gentoo VM disk
mount it(maybe on /mnt/gentoo)
start sshd in the VM livecd
and run from the host where old Gentoo is mounted