Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:49:32AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Paul E Condon (pecondon@peakpeak.com) [030924 20:07]:
> > An article in Oct issue of Linux journal got me interested in Mondo
[snip]
>
> 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. =)
>
The mondo support seems to have been updated on Sep 24 (yesterday).
Looks like there is progress, but I did look at an older version of the
page and it was worrisome then. But version 1.7x is not yet available in
Debian. And, by the time you read this, and check, I may be wrong.
Thanks.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@peakpeak.com
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