[bitfolk] Restore doesn't.....

Hi all, I need some information/help to solve a problem. I backup my VM daily using rsync, and I have been meaning to test the restore process, but life got in the way. Until this week. Bottom line, restore appears to set all the files correctly, I re-setup grub, but restored machine will not boot. What I am doing. I use a keyfile to ssh into the VM as root, and run the following to take the backup. #!/bin/bash rsync -aAXv \ --delete-during \ --exclude=/swapfile \ --exclude=/dev \ --exclude=/lost+found \ --exclude=/media \ --exclude=/mnt \ --exclude=/proc \ --exclude=/run \ --exclude=/tmp \ --exclude=/var/log \ --exclude=/home/*/.cache \ --exclude=/sys \ --exclude=/var/lib/lxcfs \ root@ianhobson.co.uk:/* /home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42 For the restore, I manually: 1) Created a proxmox VM to restore to. 2) Install the same version of the O/S (Ubuntu 20.04.06) as the live VPS. 3) Set up passwordless access for root, from the backup machine into the restore machine. 4) Run the following as root rsync -aAXv \ --exclude=/home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/etc/hostname \ --exclude=/home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/etc/hosts \ --exclude=/home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/etc/netplan/* \ --exclude=/home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/boot/* --exclude=/home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/boot/grub/* /home/ian/BackupFiles/hobson42/* root@europa.hcs:/ The excludes are to stop the IP, and hostname being changed. 5) I then run the following as root on restored machine. grub-mkconfig > /boot/grub/grub.cfg 6) Tried to log in. Saw all users (restore has gui) but logging in produced a quick error popup, which was so fast I could not read a word. Then got the usernames again. 7) SSHed in OK, and checked the files - they seem OK. 8) Reboot. This shows the grub menu, but when I select ubuntu I get a black screen - and nothing further. I have tried omitting the excludes of boot - same result. Thoughts: Restore is to VM under proxmox and not xen. Significant? Do I need to edit something in /etc/grub.d? Have I missed something blindingly obvious? Ideas very welcome. A backup that I can't restore is about as useful as a chocolate tea pot! Regards Ian -- Ian Hobson Tel (+66) 626 544 695