Acronis Grub 2 Ubuntu
On my Ubuntu machine I use grub 2 to start ATI 2010
menuentry "ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 2010" {
set root='(hd0,6)'
linux /boot/kernel.dat quiet vga=788 ramdisk_size=40000
initrd /boot/initrd
}
In GRUB I can select ATI 2010...it starts! no problemes so far....
When i want to backup it say's "sorry.....it's a trail version", it isn't!!!!
1. How can i solve this problem?
2. Is it possible to back or recover directly from GRUB?
Tnx!!!!
Anton, tnx...
I overwrited the files...but now i get the message "No harddrives found", the UI even won't start...
Do you have any idee?
I also would like to use my Acronis True Image 2010 in my grub menu as an easy way to boot up Acronis. However, I follow all the instructions and get a trial version error. How can I fix this? The Boot CD works fine.
Have you tried making the rescue components as an ISO and then using Grub to boot that.
Hi Colin, thanks for the excellent idea. I may have to try that. My problem is that I am using Legacy Grub (0.97) on this particular system and I believe booting a Live ISO CD is only a feature of Grub 2. I prefer to keep the current Grub, but if I need to upgrade I will.
I've created an iso.
How exact are the statements for the menuentry?
I did end up upgrading to Grub 2, but was unable to ever get the ISO to boot. I went a different path and installed EasyBCD. Since this system was a dual boot system it was easy to do and from there I was able to boot the ISO from within EasyBCD. This was not ideal for me, but nonetheless works well. If you can send me the correct syntax for booting an Acronis ISO from within Grub 2, I would love to try again.
Here is what part of mine looks like.
timeout 10
default 0
title Echo workstation(8398)
map (hd0,0)/Echo_8396055.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot
title Acronis True Image Home 2010 (5055)
map (hd0,0)/ti-13-5055.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot
title Acronis True Image Home 2009 (9709)
map (hd0,0)/ti-12-9709.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot
title CommandLine
commandline
title Reboot
reboot
title Halt
halt
This thread has more information on using GRUB with TI's files and the "trial version" problem.
This thread has more information on using GRUB with TI's files and the "trial version" problem.
Great! it Works! I've extracted the iso and followed the above instructions!
boot TIH2011 using GRUB2 ???.
I am trying to boot True Image Home 2011 from a hard disk partition using GRUB2. Machine has Windows and Ubuntu OS partitions.
I have tried various ways - but either I get stuck in that I get a kernel panic saying 'Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)' or I get a version which is 'trial only' - I tried with the CD ISO image as loopback loop command, or copying the CD files to the boot partition - all to no avail...
so..
what commands do I use in Grub2 to load kernel and ram FS?
any parameters?
In earlier entries for 2010 version I saw that a 'special file' was emailed?
Thanks, Ronald
The "trial version" problem happens if you don't get the unlocked files. Acronis can send these to you (the 'special file' you mention), but you can also obtain them yourself.
They can be extracted from the boot file of the ISO as linked in Post #9. You can also get them from a USB flash drive by following these instructions.
If you've done this and you're still getting an error when you boot, please post back with the exact method used to obtain the files and the GRUB menu entry code.
I tried the above...
I followed 'these instructions'
1) There is no file 'Bootmenu.xml' or any other XML file on the USB stick.
2) I cannot find any hidden files in the CDROM ISO or the USB stick ISO.
Perhaps someone can send me those hidden files....
Thanks, Ronald
Ronald,
Can you post a screenshot of what is shown on the Acronis flash drive?
Did you use UltraISO on the ISO file to extract the BIF file or did you do something else?
I can post the screenshot later - not at that machine at the moment. I have no interest in paying another 25 Eur for UltraISO, so I mounted the ISO file under Ubuntu, and enabled looking at hidden files.
Ronald
Since the Grub2 doesn't seem to support "chainloader (hd32)", but it would support GRUB4DOS! so we could use Grub 2 to load 'Grub4DOS' to make this work (grub2 => grub4dos => iso boot) :
Just download the grub4dos here : http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/
and extract it to the root directory of your USB stick or HDD.
I've named the folder: "/grub4dos" for example
And then put the following new entires in my "grub.cfg":
menuentry "acronis-true-image.iso with grub4dos" {
linux16 /grub4dos/grub.exe --config-file="find --set-root /acronis-true-image.iso; map /acronis-true-image.iso (hd32); map --mem /acronis-true-image.iso (hd32); map --hook; root (hd32); chainloader (hd32); rootnoverify (hd32)"
initrd (loop)/acronis-true-image.iso
}
## Another example ##
menuentry "offline password & registry editor with grub4dos" {
linux16 /grub4dos/grub.exe --config-file="map /offlinepassword.iso (hd32); map --hook; root (hd32); chainloader (hd32); rootnoverify (hd32)"
initrd /offlinepassword.iso
}
However, if you have a Widnows OS, you could do this by grub4dos directly without using Grub 2, this will make things a lot easier. http://www.themudcrab.com/acronis_grub4dos.php
Has anyone gotten GRUB 2 to directly load the True Image or Disk Director ISOs using loopback? I already have both working using the extracted files, but the ISOs are cleaner and easier to set up when there are new Acronis builds. I used Bootable Rescue Media Builder to create the ISOs and then EasyBCD to add them to the Windows boot manager, and they work great from there. I'd just like to load them from GRUB 2. The entry below yields "error: invalid file name `'."
menuentry "true image loopback" {
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 022b3660-6b0b-4557-9b8f-84ee643366c4
set isofile="/boot/AcronisTrueImage.iso"
loopback loop ($root)$isofile
chainloader (loop)
}