On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 18:12, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Op di 15-07-2003, om 17:16 schreef Benedict Verheyen: > > Hi, > > > > i tested mondo mindi for a full backup of my system and i ran into some > > problems. The creation of the cd's works, as does the booting of the > > recovery cd (after adding initrd to the kernel config). > > However, after i boot from the first cd, and type interactively, it > > can't find the command mondo-restore. which mondo-restore on the > > recovery cd turns up /usr/bin/mondo-restore. > > There is also a /usr/bin/mondorestore. > > > > However when i try to run these commands, i get this: > > ./mondorestore: No such file or directory. > > or > > ./mondo-restore: No such file or directory. > > > > Weird because i can see the files. > > Then i did ctrl-alt-F7 and i saw this: > > waiting for Petris to appear blah-blah-blah: No such file or directory > > > > Then ctrl-alt-F8 has this output: > > ... > > calling post_init > > ... list of mount points and devices > > mondo-restore found; cool > > Turning mondo-restore from a hyperlink into an executable > > -- INTERACTIVE -- > > > > And then nothing happens. > > Anybody else know what's going on? I already wasted 9 cd's and i don't > > feel like burning some more. > > > > Thanks, > > Benedict > > Some more info: > mondo version 1.62-2 (unstable) > mindi version 0.81-1.1 (unstable) > > I retried several times with a cdrw (that contained a previous backup > using simple mkisofs and cdrecord) to test. > This is the command that i used > mondoarchive -O -w 8 -s 650m -I /home/benedict -k FAILSAFE -d 0,0,0 -l > GRUB -f /dev/hda > > I've tried using the -k FAILSAFE option and my own kernel via > -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21.15072003 (which is a kernel with initrd support > compiled in but no initrd image specified in grub) > Nothing seems to work (1) > > I have to specify -l GRUB -f /dev/hda otherwise the mindi script fails > with: FATAL ERROR - Please specify your boot loader and device. > > As you can see i use grub and it's installed on /dev/hda (windows hd) > and my debian is installed on /dev/hdb > I don't really understand why i have to specify this when i use the > FAILSAFE kernel. Where is that FAILSAFE kernel located anyway? > It always seems to take one of my kernels no matter what i specify. > > (1) This means that i can boot from the cd allright but the postinit > script fails on creating of the dirs for lib. Also grep is not found. > It seems as if only half of the commands work after booting from that > cd and the other return "No such file or directory" even if i can see > them. When i use my kernel i use the default size (4096) for my ramdisk > size. Could this be a problem? > > Also, when i mount the cd after creation, i can see the mondorestore > program and i can run it (/usr/share/mondorestore) > > 1) Any other stuff i could try? > > 2) Is there a backup program that is similar to Mondo that does full > restores or selective restores of files from a bootable cdrom? > That was why i wanted to try Mondo in the first place: if disaster > strikes, you can restore the full system from a bootable cd. > I really do not want to install a base system first and then mess around > with dpkg --set-selections and copying config files. > > Thanks, > Benedict > I had these same problems and more when backing up to nfs. After some frustration I downloaded and installed http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/download/stable/final/mondo-1.65.tgz and everything seems to work as I expect it to. I've tested by doing a full backup and restoring a few files.
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