Image for Linux (IFL) boot media

I guess it must work OK.

 

One time.

You can make a script for every restore.

 

Everyone here on the board who uses it, including myself, has praised it so, working ok is correct.
I have never had a problem, it just works and works smoothly and makes IFW easier to use and a lot faster when restoring.

 

My new Pc has Thunderbolt, so with the right UFD inserted permanently as a "boot menu" the restores should be fast providing that it works automaticly in cooperation with the UFD. Right? If it involves much clicking the speed and automaticity suffers in comparison with IFW, which is pretty automatic.

Are you willing in that case to help me with the creation of the script?

 

Sure. But I'm going on holidays in the next few days and haven't much spare time to prepare the tutorials. Can you wait a few weeks?

I like IFL as it's fast, at least a third faster than IFW in my computers. Most people won't use it with scripts. They will boot the IFL UFD and run the restore manually. As you would with other imaging software when you can't get into Windows. Taking shortcuts with scripts is fine if you are experienced but when there are major issues, such as drive failure, users will simply have no alternative to booting the UFD and manually doing the restore.

TeraByte Unlimited has 4 imaging apps. IFW, IFL, IFU and IFD. Each creates an image that can be restored by all 4 apps.

Don't be confused by the name Linux. IFL can backup and restore Windows and Linux systems. IFW, IFU and IFD can also backup and restore Windows and Linux systems. IFL just means the apps itself is running in Linux.

 

Have a nice holiday.
Until then.

 

I found a tutorial I'd already created and changed some lines...

When you make the IFL UFD, select...
Traditional - You have control over options. (Custom)
Leave Boot Drive Mounted as /tbu/boot
Run List - Run Scripts Listed in scriptslist.txt

You don't use this "Normal Boot - No Scripts are run Automatically"

Boot the IFL UFD
Press OK or Enter to close the Run Scripts window
IFL
Run through the Restore sequence (Choose Normal, not Automatic)(choose File (Direct)), Restart when Completed,
On the Summary window click Show Command
Save to File
Type --uy between --r and --d
OK
double click boot
double click scripts
name it restore.tbs
OK
Exit from IFL window
If the computer restarts, boot the UFD again
Press OK or Enter to close the Run Scripts window
click Editor
File, Open File
double click boot/
double click scripts/
double click scriptslist.txt
OK
Type in the script name, restore.tbs
File
Save File
Close the scriptlist.txt window

click Editor
File, Open File
double click boot/
double click scripts/
double click restore.tbs
maximize the window
scroll to the image name (it won't have a TBI extension) and change it to pb1*
File
Save File
Close the restore.tbs window

Boot into Windows and select an image to restore. For example abcdef.TBI
Prepend the name with pb1 so you have...
pb1abcdef.TBI

Restart and boot the IFL UFD
The restore will happen
Remove the UFD after the restore has completed. This might not be necessary in your computer. In my computer (with BIU) I get a boot error if the UFD is still inserted. It's corrected by removing the UFD and restarting.
Windows will boot.

In Windows, remove pb1 from the image filename.


Edit... my restore.tbs is...

sub main()
exec("/tbu/imagel --r --uy --d:{E90B41C7-402F-AF5A-CD98-C75B22480200} --f:{018EA340-6246-11EC-96FC-E0D55E8553D4}@0x3:^"/TeraByte_TBI_Backups/pb1*^" --sp:0x1,0x2,0x3,0x4 --wco --rb:4", 1)
end sub

 

It seems that it is some work with every restore before doing it, not as straightforward as IFW, or am i misunderstanding things.
But that, of course, one can do way before the restore, like after the backing up?!

 

I just downloaded the GUI version of IFL, it seems as the program fully is on UFD?

 

Yes, it runs from the UFD.

 

there is no r and d to type uy between.

 

Sorry, got it now!

 

This is how it looks like for me now when i am about to change the image name to pb1:

sub main()<cr>
exec("/tbu/imagel --r --uy --d:l0 --f:l0@0x5:^"/IFW W10/Backup-w0-ox1-0x2-0x4-0x6-2022-12-30-2048^" --sp:0x1,0x2,0x4,0x6", 1)<cr>
end sub<cr>

But i do not know where to put the pb1 or how to change the command

this is how i changed it -
sub main()<cr>
exec("/tbu/imagel --r --uy --d:l0 --f:l0@0x5:^"pb1*^" --sp:0x1,0x2,0x4,0x6", 1)<cr>
end sub<cr>

Correct?

 

Tried to do a restore with the above name change, no luck. So guidance with the name changing please.

So the restores works like with IFW when doing the bat command - save file, but with this one i only put the pb1 infront of the image instead before the restore, since the command, above, is done permanently and covers every image?

 

It should be...

sub main()<cr>
exec("/tbu/imagel --r --uy --d:l0 --f:l0@0x5:^"/IFW W10/pb1*^" --sp:0x1,0x2,0x4,0x6", 1)<cr>
end sub<cr>

Make sure you do the edit in IFL. Not in Windows.

 

You omitted /IFW W10/

 

Ok, done.

So this is the name on the image file in Windows: Backup -w0........ .TBI
So shall i put pb1 in front of the word - Backup?

 

Correct. Simple.

 

Ok, here i go then!

Back in a jiffy - i hope.

 

Nope, no restore happened. It should be able to restore an IFW image, right?

 

It is pb1, not pb1*?

 

When IFL loads, do you see the Run Scripts window?
Stay in IFL.

Click Edit
Open File
double click boot/
double click ifl.log
scroll to the bottom line. What is the error?

 

It is pb1* in the script
pb1 in Windows

 

No ifl.log in that list.

 

That`s what i did so that is right.