HI.
Clone was made by vmware vCenter Converter, from physical machine to VM.
Two partition.
I can't find "virtualbox harddrive" drivers for windows 2003 serwer. (links from forum doesn't work)
Consequently any other partition are invisible, off course system starting normaly.
Only virtualbox opening this VM corectly.
Player from vmware giving errors with wrong IDE 0,0.
Any sugestion?
invisible partition
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Re: invisible partition
Well, I recognized some of the words in that, but the overall sense perhaps escapes me. The hdd isn't working?
You don't need "VirtualBox harddrive" drivers. You just need hdd drivers for the controller the hdd is attached to. Windows 2003 doesn't support SATA natively, so the hdd needs to be attached to the IDE controller.
Partitions aren't relevant at a (virtual) hardware level: just tracks, heads, sectors and LBAs. Once the hardware is working the recognition of partitions is between you and your chosen guest OS.
Also: VMWare vCenter adds an unnecessary complication. VirtualBox is not VMWare. I would have done the P2V using a neutral disk imager, such as Disk2VHD.
You don't need "VirtualBox harddrive" drivers. You just need hdd drivers for the controller the hdd is attached to. Windows 2003 doesn't support SATA natively, so the hdd needs to be attached to the IDE controller.
Partitions aren't relevant at a (virtual) hardware level: just tracks, heads, sectors and LBAs. Once the hardware is working the recognition of partitions is between you and your chosen guest OS.
Also: VMWare vCenter adds an unnecessary complication. VirtualBox is not VMWare. I would have done the P2V using a neutral disk imager, such as Disk2VHD.