Linux Install

[hobbit666]

I'm evaluating the Enterprise product with 2 windows servers at the moment which is working fine, but i now want to install and back-up my Linux machine but can't find a install guide to do it from either the managment console for when you run the exe you download and click Extract you only get to save a .i686 file. What am i meant to do with it

[krahni]

login into a terminal/shell (where the file is) and type "./_tiversion_.686

the install-programm starts and does the rest (if you already downloaded the nessessary kernel-sources and installed the standard-compilers) ...

[hobbit666]

It failed on the compile and told me to see the howto docs but where are they? where are the program files installed to?

[krahni]

you have to install the kernel-source of the kernel you are running, dkms and the standard c-compiler (cc) - maybe i forgot something ...

look at the "/usr/lib/Acronis/TrueImageServer/HOWTO.INSTALL"

[hobbit666]

Still having problem.

1) how do you use dkms?

I have Fedora Core 5

2) how do i check version numbers and locations etc

3) can someone give me an example of the command i should be running

[hobbit666]

OK i'm getting closer all i need to know is how to install the kernal source files and where they are.

[krahni]

Originally Posted by hobbit666

Still having problem.

1) how do you use dkms?

I have Fedora Core 5

2) how do i check version numbers and locations etc

3) can someone give me an example of the command i should be running

1) the acronis-installer uses it to build the kernel-modules ...
2) i use fedora core 5 too, so it would be quite easy. login as root, open the add/remove software from the menu in gnome, (better install yumex with that program)
look for the green check at a kernel-2.6.xx, then check the kernel-devel with the same version number, check cpp..., check dkms..., (if they are not yet checked) then install ...
i think you can also do all this with "yum update kernel-devel dkms cpp"
(someone corrects me if i am wrong)

normally you don't have to reboot, open a shell (as root), go to the location of acronis...i686 and type "./acronis....i686" (the name of your file of course)

that's it - acronis-installer should do the rest ... unpacking and installing the program and compiling and installing the kernel-modules ...

if something goes wrong look into the install.log (you will find it somewhere)

(sorry for my english - i am german ... ;-))

[hobbit666]

ok after a lot of google i managed to find the devel thingy like you said.

next quest how do you run TrueImage (XWindows)?

[krahni]

Originally Posted by hobbit666

ok after a lot of google i managed to find the devel thingy like you said.

next quest how do you run TrueImage (XWindows)?

in my core 5 / gnome it generates a menu-item under system-tools (the same menu where you find the updater and file-browser)

for the rest : download the pdf-manual it is very good ...