FW: Mondo and Debian
I was hoping to gather some input on using Mondo Rescue on
Debian from the Debian users list as well. Please see below
for message posted to the mondo devel list.
Thank you!
Christopher Davis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Davis [mailto:cldavis99@speakeasy.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 10:41 PM
> To: mondo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Mondo-devel] Mondo and Debian
>
>
> Hello again Mondo users!
> > >
> > > Chris,
> > >
> > > I'm sorry but the latest stable branch of Mondo
> > > is 1.6x. You're using a
> > > version of Mondo which is almost 18 months old.
> > > Are you sure you want to be
> > > doing that?
> > >
> > > -Hugo
> > [...]
> > I definitely do not want to use the outdated
> version if I
> > can keep from it. From the support page at
> > mondorescue.org,
> > there are notes Debian 3.0 with Mondo 1.7x,
> Mindi 0.9x --
> > that is what I originally tried, have not even
> tried 1.6x
> > due to that note. I will try the 1.6x TGZ and repost an
> > update.
> >
> [...]
> I have tried again using the debs from
> packages.debian.org for unstable to install
> Mondo. Currently have had to most progress with
> these -- Everything backs up to the iso. I just
> cant run any of the commands from the boot disk
> -- nuke/interactive/etc. All boot and drop to
> the command prompt. Errors on screen:
> /sbin/hack-cfg-if-necessary: mount: No such
> file or directory
> /sbin/hack-cfg-if-necessary: grep: No such file
> or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> /sbin/post-init: grep: No such file or directory
> -------------INTERACTIVE--------------
> mondorescue: No such file or directory
> To reboot, press CTRL-ALT-DEL together.
>
> BusyBox v.0.60.5 (2003.05.04-11:09+0000) Built-in
> shell (ash)
> Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
>
> **** On another attempt, I've tried downloading
> the sources and compiling these as well. Are
> there specific versions of the compilers I should
> use to compile these? I have tried to compile
> the packages with basic stable versions from
> packages.debian.org -- I have not yet attempted
> the unstable versions.
>
> I have also attempted to use alien to switch from
> rpm to deb. No luck...
>
> I am using Debian 3.0 (Woody) and the bf24
> installation for the 2.4 kernel. Only changes to
> the default install is switching from lilo to
> grub and adding the daemontools-install package
> with it's deps.
>
> TIA for any suggestions!
> Christopher Davis
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