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Creating bootable media

Chapter 10. Creating bootable media

You can run Acronis True Image Server for Linux on a bare metal or on a crashed computer

that cannot boot. You can even back up disks on a non-Linux computer, copying all its data

sector-by-sector into the backup archive. To do so, you will need bootable media with the

standalone Acronis True Image Server for Linux version. Such media is also used when

cloning a mounted hard disk.

If you purchased the boxed product, you already have such a bootable CD, because the

installation CD contains, besides the program installation files, the Acronis True Image

Server for Linux standalone bootable version.

If you purchased Acronis True Image Server for Linux on the Web, you can create bootable

media using the Rescue Media Builder. For this, you will need a CD-R/RW blank, several

formatted diskettes (the wizard will tell you the exact number), or any other media your
server can boot from, such as a Zip drive.

Acronis True Image Server for Linux also provides the ability to create an ISO image of a

bootable disk on the hard disk.

1. Run Rescue Media Builder by entering command mediabuilder or selecting Rescue

Media Builder from the system tools menu.

2. Select which components you want to place on the bootable media.

Acronis True Image Server for Linux offers the following components:

• Acronis True Image Server for Linux full version

Includes support of USB, PC Card and SCSI interfaces along with the storage devices

connected via them, therefore is highly recommended.