Let the Sunshine In: Software support engineer in Tokyo

Opening VMware disk from VirtualBox is possible by going through 5 or 6 GUIs like below. But more often than not, the vm won't boot off straight.

This is actually a follow-up to 2 of my entries.

1. Solaris x86 p2v (Physical to Virtual) on VMware
   In it, I wrote how GRUB failed and that I fixed it somehow. I didn't explain detailed steps. Read Tom's blog entry below for detailed steps.
2. VMware to VirtualBox migration: Windows
   In it, I wrote how migration is difficult for Windows vm. As you can read in Tom's entry below, migrating Solaris x86 vm is *a lot* easier.

I found the device reconfiguration procedure in this blog entry, Kool Aid Served Daily.

Here are my additional observations:

1. Step#5 - "Edit /a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc"
   If you use 'vi', you need to set TERM environment variable. 'at386' or 'sun' would work. Not 'vt110'.

   TERM=at386; export TERM

2. Step#6 - "bootadm update-archive -v -R /a"
   In my setup, it looked like bootadm was executed automatically. Not too certain.