Chapter 2. Installation And Operation; System Requirements; Installing Acronis True Image Server 8.0 For Linux; Running Acronis True Image Server 8.0 For Linux - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0-LINUX User Manual

Chapter 2.
2.1

System requirements

Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux requires the following hard-/software:
•
Pentium or compatible PC
• 128 MB RAM
• CD-RW drive for rescue CD creating
• Mouse (recommended)
• Linux 2.4.18 or later kernel (including 2.6.x kernels).
• SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, RedHat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, Advanced Server 2.1,
Advanced Server 3.0, Advanced Server 4.0, Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2, Fedora Core
3, Fedora Core 4, Enterprise Server 3.0, Mandrake 8.0, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, Slackware 10,
Debian stable and unstable (sarge), ASPLinux 9.2, ASPLinux 10, ASPLinux Server II,
Virtuozzo 2.6.x, Gentoo, UnitedLinux 1.0, Ubuntu 4.10, TurboLinux 8.0, TurboLinux 10.0
and some others Linux distributions are supported.
To obtain the up-to-date information about distributions, supported by your copy of Acronis
True Image Server 8.0 for Linux, see readme.txt file supplied with the program.
2.2

Installing Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux

To install Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux:
• Extract the file trueimagelinuxserver8.0_s_e.tar.gz
• Go to the directory where archive content was extracted
• Run ./trueimage-setup
• Follow setup program instructions.
If the setup could not compile the necessary module for your Linux distribution, please refer
to the file HOWTO.INSTALL.
When you're finished installation, please issue the following command in console:
trueimagecmd --serial-key:[your serial number] --list
This will activate your serial number. If you first run Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux
under the X Window System interface, type in the serial number to the appearing form.
2.3

Running Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Linux

• To run the program under the X Window System interface, use the trueimage
command.
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