Restoring data with a rescue cd, Estoring data with a rescue – Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux - User Guide User Manual

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Restoring the backup data under X Window System

You can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel. However, it is critical to note that the target
partition will be deleted and its space unallocated – the same result you will get if the

restoration is unsuccessful. To recover the “lost” partition, you will have to restore it from

the image again.

If you restore a system disk (partition), you might have to reactivate your boot manager.

Please consult your boot loader manual pages to find out the appropriate information.

In case the system disk (partition) is restored to identical hardware, the following steps would usually
help:

Boot the computer from the Linux installation CD

Enter rescue mode

Issue the following commands:

#mkdir /mnt/tmp

#mount /dev/hdXY /mnt/tmp (/dev/hdXY is the device, corresponding to root partition)

#chroot /mnt/tmp

If /boot is a separate partition, mount it with

#mount /dev/hdXZ /boot (/dev/hdXZ is the device, corresponding to boot partition)

Issue a command according to your loader type:

LILO:

#/sbin/lilo

GRUB:

#/sbin/grub-install /device_name (/device_name is hd: hda, hdal, hda2, sdal, sda2 etc)

6.4

Restoring data with a rescue CD

To restore data from an archive, using a rescue CD of Acronis True Image Server for Linux,
you initially have to create such disk as described in

Chapter 10 Creating bootable media.

Insert the rescue CD and reboot (you might have to enable the CD bootup option in BIOS).

You will see a standard Acronis True Image Server for Linux main window (see

Chapter 4

Main program interface under X Window System).
The procedure of disk (partition) restoration from an image is almost identical to the one

described above. The only difference is that the Archive Selection window will list all local
disks (partitions) as unmounted: