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Subject: Re: restore(8)ing new / -- boots on metal but not in a VM
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2009/10/13 Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>:
> Is the virtual machine using SCSI emulation to boot, or is it using IDE?
>
> SCSI drives are da(4), IDE drives are ata(4) [aka ad(4)]
>

The dump was taken from an ad0 device on physical hardware, and I'm
attempting to restore to the same, just on virtual hardware.

> If the boot blocks (maybe boot0 specific) point to an ad/ata device,
> and the virtual machine is SCSI, it won't find the boot sectors.

So, if I make a dumpfile of / on an ad(4) device, I can't restore it
to a da(4) device and expect it to boot? I guess at minimum I'll need
two copies of this image if I want to roll it out on machines with
both sorts of drive, right?

Thanks,
AJ