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Image for Linux User Manual Page 3 of 150 Table of Contents SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 6 DATA STORAGE SIZE UNIT CONVENTIONS .................................................... 6 HOW IMAGE FOR LINUX WORKS ...................................................................... 8 WAYS TO USE IMAGE FOR LINUX .................................................................... 9 IMAGE FOR LINUX QUICK START ................................................................... 10 OBTAINING IMAGE FOR LINUX ........................................................................ 12 INSTALLING IMAGE FOR LINUX ...................................................................... 14 NAVIGATING THE IMAGE FOR LINUX INTERFACE ........................................ 23 CREATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR LINUX ............................................. 24 CREATING A FULL BACKUP ........................................................................................ 25 UNDERSTANDING BACKUP OPTIONS ........................................................................... 38 CREATING A DIFFERENTIAL BACKUP ........................................................................... 42 USING IMAGE FOR LINUX TO RESTORE A BACKUP ..................................... 47 RESTORING A BACKUP USING IMAGE FOR LINUX ......................................................... 47 GEOMETRY SETTINGS ............................................................................................... 49 UNDERSTANDING RESTORE OPTIONS FOR AN ENTIRE DRIVE ....................................... 51 UNDERSTANDING RESTORE OPTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PARTITION ........................... 54 VALIDATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR LINUX .......................................... 59 VALIDATING A BACKUP............................................................................................... 59 UNDERSTANDING VALIDATION OPTIONS ...................................................................... 61 COPYING PARTITIONS OR DRIVES WITH IMAGE FOR LINUX ...................... 62 COPYING A PARTITION OR DRIVE ................................................................................ 62 UNDERSTANDING COPY OPTIONS ............................................................................... 67 INSTALLING IMAGE FOR LINUX MANUALLY .................................................. 71 CREATING A DEFAULT CONFIGURATION BOOT DISC FROM WITHIN LINUX ...................... 71 RUNNING IMAGE FOR LINUX WITHOUT USING A BOOT DISC ........................................... 72 CREATING CUSTOMIZED IMAGE FOR LINUX BOOT MEDIA ............................................. 73 DEPLOYING YOUR IMAGE ............................................................................... 75 IMAGE FOR LINUX ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ....................... 77 IMAGE FOR LINUX INI FILE ......................................................................................... 77 IMAGE FOR LINUX ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .............................................................. 77 IMAGE FOR LINUX FILE PATH VARIABLES .................................................................... 78 RUNNING IMAGE FOR LINUX FROM THE COMMAND LINE .......................... 79 Image for Linux User Manual Page 4 of 150 IMAGE FOR LINUX BACKUP OPTIONS........................................................................... 90 IMAGE FOR LINUX RESTORE OPTIONS ........................................................................ 98 IMAGE FOR LINUX VALIDATE OPTIONS ...................................................................... 109 IMAGE FOR LINUX COPY OPTIONS ............................................................................ 112 IMAGE FOR LINUX LIST OPTIONS .............................................................................. 120 TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 122 APPENDIX A: UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF BACKUPS ...................... 123 FILE-BASED BACKUP ............................................................................................... 123 SECTOR-BASED BACKUP ......................................................................................... 123 APPENDIX B: BACKUP STRATEGIES ............................................................ 124 FULL BACKUPS ....................................................................................................... 124 INCREMENTAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 124 DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 125 APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION TO HARD DRIVE STORAGE ....................... 127 THE PHYSICAL HARD DRIVE ..................................................................................... 127 THE LOGICAL HARD DRIVE—HARD DRIVE DATA ORGANIZATION ................................ 127 APPENDIX D: LINUX HELP TOPICS ............................................................... 130 MOUNTING AND UNMOUNTING PARTITIONS ............................................................... 130 Listing Mounted Partitions or Devices ............................................................................ 130 Mounting a Partition or Device ....................................................................................... 130 Unmounting a Partition or Device ................................................................................... 131 Creating or Removing Mount Points .............................................................................. 132 WORKING WITH NETWORK DRIVES ........................................................................... 132 APPENDIX E: RESTORING TO A SMALLER DRIVE OR PARTITION ............ 133 PREPARING FOR THE MOVE ..................................................................................... 134 EXAMPLES .............................................................................................................. 139 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................... 141 WHAT IS SHAREWARE? ................................................................................. 143 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ..................... 144 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (FULL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ...................... 147 Image for Linux User Manual Page 5 of 150 System Requirements * IBM-compatible personal computer (Pentium 4 or newer) * Memory (RAM) IFL Version Recommended RAM Minimum RAM Console – Full 128MB or more 128MB Console – No networking 96MB or more 96MB GUI – Full 256MB or more 192MB GUI – No networking 192MB or more 168MB * Linux based operating system - Linux kernel 2.6 recommended Note: An installed Linux operating system is not required when using Image for Linux from the boot media. * Recommended: External hard drive Note: You can use a writable CD or DVD drive, but using an external hard drive is the recommended method. Image for Linux relies on the Linux kernel to provide access to mass storage devices, such as hard drives, optical drives, and network drives. To ensure the best hardware support from Image for Linux, use the newest kernel available. For the most part, modern Linux distributions running on a 2.6 series kernel are likely to support