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Bootable media based on WinPE versions earlier than 4.0 cannot boot on machines that use
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
When a machine is booted with a PE-based bootable media, you cannot select optical media
such as CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Discs (BD) as a backup destination.
9.1 How to create bootable media
Acronis offers a dedicated tool for creating bootable media, Acronis Bootable Media Builder.
Bootable Media Builder does not require a license if installed together with an agent. To use a media
builder on a machine without an agent, you need to enter the license key or have at least one license
on the license server. The license may be either available or assigned.
To enable creating physical media, the machine must have a CD/DVD recording drive or allow a flash
drive to be attached. To enable PXE or WDS/RIS configuration, the machine must have a network
connection. Bootable Media Builder can also create an ISO image of a bootable disk to burn it later
on a blank disk.
The following are instructions for creating bootable media.
9.1.1 Linux-based bootable media
To create a Linux-based bootable media
1. Start the Bootable Media Builder either from the management console, by selecting Tools >
Create Bootable Media, or as a separate component.
2. If Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux is not installed on the machine, specify the license key or
the license server with licenses. The licenses will not get assigned or reassigned. They determine
which functionality to enable for the created media. Without a license, you can create media
only for recovery from the cloud storage.
If Agent for Windows or Agent for Linux is installed on the machine, the media inherits its
functionality, including Universal Restore and deduplication.
3. Select Bootable media type: Default (Linux-based media).
Select the way volumes and network resources will be handled—called the media style:
A media with Linux-style volume handling displays the volumes as, for example, hda1 and
sdb2. It tries to reconstruct MD devices and logical (LVM) volumes before starting a recovery.
A media with Windows-style volume handling displays the volumes as, for example, C: and D:.
It provides access to dynamic (LDM) volumes.
4. Follow the wizard steps to specify the following:
a. [Optional] The parameters of the Linux kernel. Separate multiple parameters with spaces.
For example, to be able to select a display mode for the bootable agent each time the media
starts, type: vga=ask
For a list of parameters, see Kernel parameters (p. 168).
b. The Acronis bootable components to be placed on the media.
You can select 32-bit and/or 64-bit components. The 32-bit components can work on 64-bit
hardware. However, you need 64-bit components to boot a machine that uses Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).
To use the media on different types of hardware, select both types of components. When
booting a machine from the resulting media, you will be able to select 32-bit or 64-bit
components on the boot menu.
