Hi Ben, Off-list as Antonio had the same message, but I would HIGHLY recommend CloneZilla; it would only back up the used portion of the drive unlike dd (which would save you a lot of time), and it hasn't failed me yet in 5 years. I recommend the "alternative-stable" release; it has more drivers. http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/files/clonezilla_live_alternative/20130314-quantal/clonezilla-live-20130314-quantal-i386.iso/download (this is unrelated to the issue you fixed; clonezilla's image would also be missing the sata_nv driver) -xrx On 03/19/13 22:28, Lists wrote: > Thanks! > > Your reply in conjunction with a google search that found the below > website and resolved this completely! > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/CreateNewInitrd > > The final line being something like > mkinitrd --with sata_nv initrd-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.img 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 > > -Ben > > On 03/19/2013 08:37 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 03/18/2013 03:36 PM, Lists wrote: >>> -) When booting from the newly imaged drive, it starts the boot just >>> fine but quits at: >>> ---------------------------- >>> Activating logical volumes >>> Volume group "VolGroup00" not found >> The only reason that I can think of that would cause this is an initrd >> that doesn't contain the driver for the whatever adapter the disk is >> attached to. >> >> Boot the rescue image and identify the adapter module. When you've >> identified it, go back to the live system and make a new initrd using >> "--with <adapter_module>". Don't replace the existing initrd, just >> create a new one in /boot. If you then clone the disk, you should be >> able to boot the cloned disk to grub. Edit the kernel definition and >> change the path to the initrd, selecting the one you've created for the >> new system. It should boot properly, at which point you can replace the >> standard initrd path or fix grub's configuration file. >> >> ...and if you don't want to clone the system again, you can just boot >> the rescue environment, chroot to the sysimage, and make the initrd there. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos