Luís Freire wrote:

    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.


Right.  The long and the short of it is:
1. You need to fully boot before you can install a network adapter.
2. You need to install a network adapter before you can fully boot.

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.

    You know how can i insert extra netcard driver's to the windows. I
    followed this tutorial, but don't feet on windows 7.
    http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot?s[]=porting
    <http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot?s%5B%5D=porting>


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.

Maybe some other folks have some advice for this.

- Shao Miller
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