ERROR UPDATING WIN2K ADVANCED TO 2003 ENTERPRISE

[llg]

I created a 2003 vm on ESX 3 host (one processor). I P2V a W2K advanced server image (was on a 4 processor physical machine). Getting an error when trying to upgrade to 2003 Enterprise. Error is " File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\ntkrnlmp.exe could not b e loaded" Error Code 7

My search on internet is saying its a scsi driver problem.
2000 is uses Bus, and 2003 uses LSI. 2000 does work on VM.

Note: no problem upgrade from 2003 Server to Enterprise

Any help much appreciated

 

[skialta]

Are you running a multi-process HAL on your guest? Are you running 1 or 2 virtual CPUs on your VM guest now?

 

[rocket777]

I assume you got this going by now, but here's my 2cents.

I've seen that error when I was changing out a mobo on my physical system.

NOTE: (I.E. not doing anything virtual).

The solution in that case was that I had to revert to all default drivers while still on the old mobo, esp. for disk devices, since if I didn't do this, and just tried to boot up on the new mobo it would fail because of the current set of ide drivers did not match the new mobo. By switching to default drivers (before switching out the mobo), it could boot up with the default drivers to where I could install the new drivers needed.

So, my guess is that you had a mismatch between the disk setup before and after your upgrade. As you said, one is probably looking for scsi while the other wants something else.

Hope this experience might be useful to someone.

 

[jtb]

might need to edit the .vmx to correct number of CPUs, too...

JTB
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[PhilUnit]

there is also a setting under the machine settings, by select editting settings then options then change the guest operating system to the required version of windows, etc