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#
# (6) LVM metadata for every detected volume group, if "lvm = yes"
#
+# (7) a copy of each device's MBR, if "mbr = yes". A master boot record
+# (MBR) is the 512-byte boot sector that is the first sector of a
+# partitioned data storage device of a hard disk. To restore the MBR
+# one could do something like: dd if=sda.mbr of=/dev/sda
+# (MAKE SURE YOU PASS THE CORRECT DEVICE AS of= !!!)
+# WARNING: Restoring the MBR with a mismatching partition table will
+# make your data unreadable and nearly impossible to recover
+#
+# (8) a copy of the BIOS, if "bios = yes" and flashrom is installed
# here are the defaults, commented out:
@@ -65,6 +74,12 @@
# lvm = no
+# mbr = no
+
+# note: to backup your BIOS, you need the program 'flashrom' installed, and your
+# mainboard needs to be supported, see http://flashrom.org/Supported_hardware#Supported_mainboards
+# bios = no
+
# If vservers = yes in /etc/backupninja.conf then the following variables can
# be used:
# vsnames = all | <vserver1> <vserver2> ... (default = all)