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2.7 KiB
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67 lines
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RescueBRU is the Rescue CD Backup & Restore Utility. It is a user
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friendly interface to various programs on the System Rescue CD.
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RescueBRU allows you to create backup images of nearly any PC, even
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those on which the filesystems or partitioning schemes are
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unsupported. In the event of data corruption or drive hardware
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failure, you can restore the backup images to the original drive or
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to a new drive of equal or greater capacity. After the restoration,
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you just reboot and use the restored drive immediately. No flaky
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Norton Ghost boot floppies. No Windows device configuration. No
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device driver installation. No IP address or software configuration.
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Less downtime.
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Backup files are stored on an NFS server, a portable USB drive, or a
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local directory. The general procedure is to run a backup to the
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backup media using this custom System Rescue CD. When a drive needs
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to be rebuilt, you can boot this CD on the bad machine and restore
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directly from the NFS server or the USB drive. For details of how
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this works, see the more specific help topics in the help menu.
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When booting the RescueBRU CD, the RescueBRU boot page will appear.
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If you are backing up or restoring a single machine, you can just
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hit enter to continue booting. You can also backup or restore
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multiple machines at once if you are using an NFS server as your
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media type.
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The Main Menu
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The main menu gives you access to all functions of RescueBRU.
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Option 1: Settings menu. Allows you to select which type of media to
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use for backup or restore, the method used for backups, and the
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action for the program to take after a successful operation.
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Option 2: Do a backup. See the help for Doing a backup.
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Option 3: Do a restore. See the help for Restoring from a backup.
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Option 4: Disk Utilities. See the help for Disk Utilities.
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Option 5: Image Management. Allows you to copy, rename or delete
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images stored on the backup media.
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Option 6: View logs or notes. Log files and notes are generated
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during most operations of RescueBRU and may be saved with an image
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when backups or restores are done. These files may be viewed using
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this option.
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Option 7: Show backups available on media.
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Option H: Help. You know what this does, or you wouldn't be here.
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Option S: Exit to shell or Exit and return to rbruserver. This will
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exit the RescueBRU program and return you to the System Rescue CD
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shell if you ran rescuebru directly from a shell prompt. If
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rescuebru was called from the rbruserver program, you will be
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returned to rbruserver.
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Option R: Exit and reboot. Reboots the system.
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Option P: Exit and power down. Powers down the system on systems
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that support it. For systems that do not support APM or ACPI
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poweroff, it halts the system.
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