AN!Cluster Tutorial 2 - Install SCO-V

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This mini-tutorial covers how to install SCO Unix V on an Anvil! m2 platform.

Why? Because reasons.

Provision

Provision script (assumes the host node is an-c07n01 and the install media is called Base OS Installation.iso:

lvcreate -L 400GiB -n vm01-sco5_0 an-c07n01_vg0
virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
  --name vm01-sco5 \
  --virt-type qemu \
  --ram 2048 \
  --arch i686 \
  --vcpus 2 \
  --cdrom '/shared/files/Base OS Installation.iso' \
  --os-variant generic \
  --video vga \
  --network bridge=vbr2,model=pcnet \
  --disk path=/dev/an-c07n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0,bus=scsi \
  --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 \
  --noautoconsole \
  --wait -1

Starting install...
Creating domain...                                                                     |    0 B     00:00     
Domain installation still in progress. Waiting for installation to complete.

At this point, connect to the new VM via virt-manager (or similar) to complete the install.

SCO V Install

 

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