Hello,
I am trying to convert my Manjaro Linux install to a VM with vCenter Converter but I get the following error message:
"There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine. It is required to create a bootable virtual machine. Mount the '/boot' directory on the source machine."
There is a /boot folder but it is not its own partition, it's just on the main encrypted partition which is currently decrypted since the system is booted. However the folder /boot/efi is a mounted 300 MB partition which I think is used to decrypt the main disk.
I suspect this is due to the installation being encrypted via luks. I have read in previous posts that software raid is not supported but 6.2 does support it, so I don't know exactly what the problem is... ( https://superuser.com/questions/829466/vcenter-converter-migrate-p2v-without-dedicated-boot-partition )
vCenter Converter is running in a Windows VM on my Proxmox Server, but I don't think that is the problem since it only issues commands to my linux pc. The target for the VM would be an ssd connected to the linux machine but I don't even get that far...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
System Information:
OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
Kernel: 5.4.31-1-MANJARO
Boot Disk:
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: CT1000P1SSD8
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: <long disk uuid, not sure if sensitive, but just making sure>
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme1n1p1 4096 618495 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/nvme1n1p2 618496 1917403613 1916785118 914G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p3 1917403614 1953520064 36116451 17.2G Linux filesystem
cat /etc/fstab
UUID=7971-DBD2 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 2
/dev/mapper/luks-cb98aa7f-f420-474a-bf11-a8c6c1f6ca9d / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-73be0a4e-641f-44cc-8d93-bd243d376ba8 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 2