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<tt>Luís Freire wrote:<br>
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<div><tt>Now, i'm stuck on this point. I just can load the image on
the machine used to make the image. When i try to boot on a different
machine it seem's the the connection is lost on startup. I say this
because, on windows 7, when the boot stops, i'm presented with a window
showing me some options to do some recovery. I can see the virtual disk
is not present. Probably netcard driver's.</tt></div>
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Right. The long and the short of it is:<br>
1. You need to fully boot before you can install a network adapter.<br>
2. You need to install a network adapter before you can fully boot.<br>
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So booting an image across different hardware platforms or
configurations is not really going to work unless you install the
network adapters for all of them into the SAN image.<br>
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<div><tt>You know how can i insert extra netcard driver's to the
windows. I followed this tutorial, but don't feet on windows 7.</tt></div>
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Right. I'm not familiar with Windows 7. I would guess that this
procedure could be adapted, though. Another option would be to move
the HDD into every different type of computer and install the network
adapters. Another option might be to use the CriticalDeviceDatabase
registry area, but I've never tried that. The big idea behind the
article you referenced is to spoof Windows into thinking that there is
a detached network adapter whose parameters resemble another
computer's, then to install its driver. When you boot this image on
the other computer, the adapter is actually there, and you have already
installed its driver.<br>
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Maybe some other folks have some advice for this.<br>
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- Shao Miller<br>
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