Acronis Image -> VM Conversion -> boot issues
Ok, Here is the run down.:
Using the Acronis True Image Echo Agent, I created an image of one of our linux boxes. I then used the VMware converter 4 to comvert this image into a VM. Upon booting the newly created VM, I got an "Unable to load operating system (or something along those lines) error so I installed grub using a floppy image. Now when I select the kernel to boot, I end up with the following output at failure: Code:
Creating block devices So, I edit the kernel arguements and remove the root statement and it fails at this point: Code:
Loading jbd.o module |
If you boot the VMware guest from CDROM or ISO (HELIX, KNOPPIX, whatever you fancy) with the vmdk available and run 'sfdisk -l /dev/devicename' and 'disktype /dev/devicename', what do they return?
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Moved: This thread has been moved at the OPs request.
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d/ling KNOPPIX image now. I'll be back.
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ann/sfdisk.jpg says disktype: command not found |
OK, so disktype exists on HELIX only... In any case your sfdisk output shows the partitions inside the VMDK are recognised. Running 'echo /dev/sda[0-9]* | xargs -iX e2label 'X' 2>/dev/null' should show which partition has what label so you can append the right "root=" at the GRUB commandline.
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after running Code:
echo /dev/sda[0-9]* | xargs -iX e2label 'X' 2>/dev/null |
Are you running the command with the same conditions as in post #2?
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The first command i ran was
sfdisk -l /dev/sda does this mean i should imput the second command as echo /dev/sda[0-9]* | xargs -iX e2label 'sda' 2>/dev/null |
No, I mean the command should be run with the VMware guest booted from CDROM or ISO and with the vmdk available. FDS don't give e2label arguments like that or you'll write things to it and writing to your VMDK is th last thing you want to do right now, just recon.
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