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.)

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