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Option 2 of the RescueBRU main menu (Do a backup) allows backups to
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be performed. It first attempts to mount the particular backup media
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you selected, and then asks you to choose an image name from a list
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or supply a new name for the backup. This name will become the name
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of the directory on the NFS server or USB drive where the backup
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images are stored. It should be short, but descriptive. It cannot
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contain spaces or special characters. For example, "SJ#4 Display PC
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3 (Pilot/ WSO UFCs)" would not be accepted. A better alternative
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would be "sj4disppc3". After you supply a name for the backup, a
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directory is created on the backup media to store the images.
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RescueBRU then probes the hard drives and generates a list of drives
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and their partitions. Because you may not always want to back up all
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partitions of all drives, RescueBRU prompts you whether or not to
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back up each MBR and each partition. Select what you want with the
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spacebar. After choosing MBRs and partitions, you will be prompted
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to confirm the options. Once you have selected Ok and confirmed, the
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master boot records and the partitions you chose are backed up.
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An important note about the dd method:
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When selecting drives and partitions to be backed up using this
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method, be aware that dd backs up the entire drive (/dev/sda
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for example) not just the MBR like the other methods. This means
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that if you select a drive (/dev/sda) you should probably not select
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any of the drive's partitions, since the data contained on them is
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already in the backup of the drive itself. Selecting the drive and
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its partitions will make the backup take a long, long time and be
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ludicrously huge. However, RescueBRU never assumes it knows more
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than you and will happily oblige if you tell it to.
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When the backup is complete, the backup media is unmounted and you
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are returned to the main menu. From here you can perform other
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operations or exit RescueBRU.
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