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Re: Restore backup to KVM

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On 22/09/17 08:08, Reco wrote:
> Execute this on your source system.
> 
> grep MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> 
> If it says MODULES=most then you're in luck as it means your initrd
> contains all kernel modules for all kinds of hardware.
> And restoring from backup into QEMU-KVM means you only need to
> reconfigure the bootloader.
>
>> Is there a way to configure KVM so that it resembles my bare
>> metal, and the test is significant?
> 
> That's highly unlikely. On x86-64 there are two QEMU device models
> worthy of speaking, and that's Intel i440FX and Intel Q35 motherboards.
> Chances are you have different hardware.
> 
> So, it *will* have different NIC, Video adapter *and* most importantly,
> IDE/SATA/SCSI controller.
> 
> Using Debian and MODULES=most you have a luxury of not to think about
> it.

Ok, I see, and it seems I'm in luck:

~$ grep MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
# MODULES: [ most | netboot | dep | list ]
MODULES=most

But now I don't know what to do next, since:

>> I would install a basic debian system in KVM, and then overwrite it
>> with my backed up files. Is this approach correct?
> 
> No. Some (but not all) configuration files would differ. Some (but not
> all) packages would differ.

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  Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 08:10 +0200
    Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-22 21:20 +0200
      Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 21:40 +0200
        Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-24 11:00 +0200
          Re: Restore backup to KVM <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-09-24 11:20 +0200
          Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 12:00 +0200
            Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-25 21:10 +0200
              Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 08:50 +0200
            Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-25 21:20 +0200
              Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 08:50 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-26 13:10 +0200
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                Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-26 17:40 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-26 21:20 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-26 21:50 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-27 09:00 +0200
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                Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-27 19:00 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-09-28 09:00 +0200
                Re: Restore backup to KVM solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-29 06:40 +0200
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