40 - REDO, a Bare Metal Backup and Recovery solution
Unique hits
Redo is a linux Ubuntu-based OS which makes taking a hard disk image of your system and then later restoring it very easy.
It includes network/WiFi/netbook support and the Chrome browser and can use a persistent filesystem to remember your settings and updates.
The grub4dos menu below can be used to boot the ISO of either version from a USB drive including 1.0.3 redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (which does not require the manual steps of typing exit and does not need the floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 parameter either).
menu.lst file contents:
title Start Redo Backup redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso\nType exit and press ENTER and repeat again if it does not boot
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff) || map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper vga=791 iso-scan/filename=/redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
title Redo Backup 1.0.3 Standard VGA\nType exit and press ENTER and repeat again if it does not boot
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff) || map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper vga=788 iso-scan/filename=/redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
title Redo Backup 1.0.3 Memory Test
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff) || map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /install/memtest
# optional
title Redo Backup 0.9.7
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /redobackup097.iso
uuid ()
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup097.iso (0xff) || map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup097.iso (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
IMPORTANT: version 0.9.x - If you get an (initramfs) error, type exit and press [Enter] and then type exit again and press [Enter] again. The boot process should then continue! This appears to be a bug in the compiled version of Ubuntu that has been used (poss. lupin support?).
If you need detailed instructions of how to make a bootable USB drive:
To make a USB boot pen or HDD
Copy the iso files (0.9.7 and redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso) to a new folder on your hard disk (e.g. C:\Redo) and rename them to redobackup097.iso and redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso
Make a menu.lst file in the same folder using Notepad, contents are as shown at the top of this page.
Format your USB drive using RMPrepUSB (v2.1.605 or later) - FAT32 + HDD, set the '5 - Copy Files' source to the C:\Redo folder of your hard disk - click 6 Prepare Drive and wait for it to finish. The ISO files must be in the root of the USB drive - if you use a subfolder then you must change the paths in the menu to match.
Run Install grub4dos and install a grub4dos MBR (answer='Yes') and allow it to copy the grldr file over by pressing [Enter] when prompted.
Your usb drive should contain these 4 files:
redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso
redobackup097.iso (optional)
grld
menu.lst
That's it - go try it (or press F11 in RMPrepUSB to run an emulator)!
IMPORTANT: Version 0.9.x - If you get an (initramfs) error, type exit and press [Enter] and then type exit and press [Enter] again. The boot process should then continue!
If you want a persistent filesystem, then use RMPrepUSB to create an ext2 file on the USB drive called casper-rw (of about 1GB or more) and then add the keyword persistent to the kernel parameters in the menu - e.g.
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper vga=788 persistent iso-scan/filename=/redobackup-livecd-1.0.3.iso splash --