Manually backup - boot stuff for CD
This options are used, when
doing a manually backup .
They decide, what kind of boot stuff will be on the backup CD.
They only take effect when burning a CD (non zip-day). But not when only
reading out and zipping the data of your harddisk(s) (backup session -
zip-day but without burning afterwards).
Not bootable backup CD
If you want to use to full space of the CD for your backup files, you can
leave away the boot stuff. Be sure, you have another bootable CD prepared,
for the case, when it comes to restoring.
Create with options from configuration tool
When you've selected this option, make your choices in the windows
Network options and
Create initial boot-CD , to
configure the bootable stuff on the backup CD.
Be careful with the values of the fields
harddisk partition and
subdirectory
in the window 'Create initial boot-CD'! Maybe they are also used for the
actual backup/burn session, depending on what you've selected under
Do manually backup. So it can be usefull
to store the actual values of the options in a file and select the next
radio button.
Create with options from configuration file:
If you want to use an earlier configuration for creating the boot stuff,
which is saved in a file, you can select it's path and filename here. You could
also load this configuration file into the CD Backup Linux configuration tool
and select 'Create with options from configuration tool'. This would result
in the same boot part of the CD. But maybe in this configuration file are also
some unusefull configuration options for the backup proccess stored and in
the window
Do manually backup
, you've selected 'Take options from configuration tool'. So,
with the possibility to use an already saved file, you're a little more
flexible.
Take already created boot directory (/boot on CD):
If you have an already a bootable CD Backup Linux CD, you can take the
boot staff of this CD. On CD Backup Linux CDs, the boot directory is always
called boot. As an example, if you have mounted your CD-ROM-device under
/cdrom, you have to select '/cdrom/boot' as the boot directory. Of courese
you can copy this directory somewhere on your harddisk and modify it to
fit your own purposes (e.g. add some utility to the usr.tgz). But this is
only for experts. Don't take the boot directory of the CDBL-installation!
You will not be able to boot with it. (It is taken as the base, when you
create a boot CD with the CD Backup Linux configuration tool. But some files
are modified (see the script createbootcd.sh), before it's burned on CD.)
Create initial boot-CD
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