* Paul E Condon (pecondon@peakpeak.com) [030924 20:07]: > An article in Oct issue of Linux journal got me interested in Mondo > Archive, which is software that builds self-booting restore CDs for > Linux systems. So, I started to try to use it. I found a debian > package in Woody, and did the standard apt-get ... . I had mostly no > problem understanding the man page. But some puzzles lead me to look > at the Mondo web site, and ... > > From reading the Mondo web site, it appears that there are > no documented instances of mondoarchive being used successfully > on a Debian system, and that Debian kernels are somehow non- > standard, and difficult to work with. Is this true? And, if true, > why is there a Debian package of Mondo Archive? Hugo has had a hard time with Debian because of certain things that it does differently from "everyone else". The "non-standard" kernel bit you refer to is the use of an initrd. ISTR there's someone in Argentina on the mondo team handling the Debian "port" -- I assume that's the package maintainer. I haven't used mondo on Debian, but I feel the same way you do: if the package exists, it should work. From your email, though, it sounds like you didn't even try. (Kudos for reading the documentation first, though!) I'd give it a shot, and if something does fail, come back to the list with a specific failure report. If you don't find help here, you could try asking the mondo-devel mailing list -- but DO remember to send your log file! Actually, I just went and looked at the mondo support page http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/support/support.html and saw this line in the distributions chart: Debian 3.0 1.7x / 0.9x OK OK meaning mondo 1.7x with mindi 0.9x tested okay for backup and restore on Debian 3.0. That sounds promising. Scrolling down a little, I see that Hugo is now more accepting of Debian's differences, saying that he "used to badmouth Debian", which I assume means he no longer does. =) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- --Nick Moffitt A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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