Re: RedHat Linux 5.1

[Nerijus Baliunas]

On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 15:12:31 +0200 Hugo Meyer <hugosmeyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> The above Linux version supports iBCS (Intel biary compatibility system)
> which is required to execute the SCO binary I have to run to do development
> on a system that's been around since the early nineties. Later version do
> not support this.
> 
> I have a virtual that was created with VMWare version 7.1 so many years ago
> and I want to run this VM on QEMU as a KVM. It does not work though. It has
> issues with the disks.
> 
> Creating a brand new VM with from an RHL5.1 ISO results in the same trouble.
> 
> Virtualbox runs it happily on a Windows host.
> 
> It does not have a gui and I want to run it on a VPS where it can be
> stopped, started etc with virsh.
> 
> Is there some adjustment I can make to improve the situation?

Probably yes, but we don't know because you don't tell us what the problem is.
"Issues with the disks" don't tell us much.

Regards,
Nerijus