Hello,

I'm trying to create a virtual Linux machine out of a running Linux physical machine by using VMware vCenter Converter standalone 6.2.0.

VMware vCenter Converter standalone runs under a virtual Windows10 machine, which runs under VMware Workstation Pro version 16.1.0, which runs under OpenSuse Leap 15.2, which is the physical machine to be converted.

if I start vCenter Converter standalone, I add the ip-address of the machine to be converted and finally the conversion fails with the message: "there is no boot directory mounted on the source machine". 

I am a little bit confused, because openSUSE mounts /boot/efi as a separate partition. /boot itself however is not mounted indeed. So far I had several tries to overcome the problem, which failed all.
I last added the line
                            /boot /boot none bind 0 0
into fstab. After doing so, openSuse starts without complaints, the command "ls /boot" shows the right contents of /boot and the command mount shows the line
                          /dev/nvme0n1p2 on /boot type ext4 (rw,noatime,nodiratime)

So my question is: What precisely VMware Converter Standalone checks right before the error message given above? Are there any specialities on the file system of that /boot Partition?

I am the administrator of the Linux system, so I can access all files. I would appreciate some help.