How to fix the failure of booting a Windows 2003 after P2V
Problem description:
A server has a Smart Array 5i Controller.
Did P2V with Oracle VM P2V utility. After the import completed, boot the VM guest but got "Error loading operating system" in console.
Workaround as following:
1. Extract the Atapi.sys, Intelide.sys, Pciide.sys, and Pciidex.sys files
from the %SystemRoot%\Driver Cache\I386\Driver.cab file and copy the files to
the %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers folder (if they are not there already).
2. Copy the mergeide.reg file on source machine. (customer does not want to modify source machine registry)
3. Use VMWare converter to convert the Physical Machine to a vmdk file. (convert diskcontroller type to IDE, install VMware tools)
Workaround as following:
1. Extract the Atapi.sys, Intelide.sys, Pciide.sys, and Pciidex.sys files
from the %SystemRoot%\Driver Cache\I386\Driver.cab file and copy the files to
the %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers folder (if they are not there already).
2. Copy the mergeide.reg file on source machine. (customer does not want to modify source machine registry)
3. Use VMWare converter to convert the Physical Machine to a vmdk file. (convert diskcontroller type to IDE, install VMware tools)
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