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The fastest and easiest way to make a recovery CD from your hard
disk image is to click on the "burn" icon (
), next to each image description
(see chapter 4)
Another way is to select the image to burn on the LRS-CD's main screen.
The main screen of the LRS-CD module lists the images available to create one (or more depending the image size) bootable recovery CD or DVD.
It shows the image size (and so the quantity of CDs function of the CDs size (tuneable, see end of chapter) and the content of the configuration file. Before generating a CD, a confirmation is requested, due to the time needed to generate an ISO image.
At the end, a summary displays the name of the ISO images created (in the directory /tftpboot/reboot/iso, but configurable, see below).
You can download the freshly generated image by clicking on its name.
There is a link to go directly to the CD-Burner Webmin module.
Automatic creation of needed "class" to use the CD-Burner module.
Note: The CD Burning module can only be use with a SCSI CD burner. But even if the installed burner is not SCSI-compatible, it can be emulated by passing the hdx=ide-scsi parameter to the kernel, with « hdx »: the burner's ID (hda for the master on the primary hard-drive controler, hdd for the slave on the secondary controler ...).
Be sure of the peripherals boot order on the PC to set up. Boot from the created CD, and the following screen is displayed:
You just need to press a key twice to confirm the rebuild process. If needed, more CDs will be requested.
The size (in Kilobytes) of the CDs to burn: around 656000 for a 640MB/74min CD, 716000 for a 700MB/80min CD, or 4680000 for a DVD-R/RW.
The working directory when images are generated: /tftpboot/revoboot/tmp (default)
The directory where images are stored: /tftpboot/revoboot/iso (default)
Link to the CD burner module: ../burner (default)
If you want to burn a DVD instead of a CD, you should have 'dvdrecord' installed on your server. You should also check that in Webmin's 'CD Burner' configuration, the 'CD burning command' is set to 'dvdrecord'. Depending on your DVD recorder's brand, you may have to add the '-dao' option in the 'Extra cdrecord options' field of your 'Device Options'.