Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Neidorff" <mark@neidorff.com>
To: "John Fleming" <john@wa9als.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: ATTN Mondo users - pse help cdrom Mondo probs
John,
This reply was posted on the Mondo Devel list. Sorry that you missed seeing
it. I hope it helps you.
I had a similar problem. I created a Mondo DVD (from Debian Etch
stable) and received the same "copy to floppies" message when
attempting to boot. I solved the problem by creating a new Mondo ISO
image *while a CD was mounted*. With a CD mounted, the modules needed
to support the CD drive will be included in the ISO. After the ISO is
created, unmount the CD and use a blank CD/DVD to burn the ISO image.
There are instructions for using the "cdrecord" command in the Mondo
how-to.
http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html
Judging from a search of the Mondo mailing list archive, this seems
to be a common error message. I believe there have been other causes
for it. I am definitely not a Mondo expert.
On Sunday 09 December 2007 06:03 pm, John Fleming wrote:
I'm not getting the answer on Mondo-devel, so please indulge me here - I
really need some help.
Using Mondo in Debian Etch, I burn any of the formats - DVD/CD/ISO. When
I
reboot with any of these, and indicate "nuke", shortly after the usual
"vmlinuz........." message, I see several screens of errors fly by. It
finally stops and tells me I need to burn the mindi images to floppies
because it can't find the cdrom. Normally, my cdrom is mounted as
/dev/hde /media/cdrom0
I can post my mindi.log if someone thinks they can help. (I'm not sure I
can attach here.) Has anyone else seen this and have some suggestions
about where to start? This relative newbie doesn't find the answer in the
logs, the mondo FAQ, or googling.
Mondo is my main means of server backup, and I'm more than a little
nervous
now that I know I can't easily restore from DVD.
Thanks! - John
These seem to be the pertinent modules:
#modprobe -l|grep cdrom
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/optcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/isp16.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/gscd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.ko
#
And this the pertinent /usr/sbin/mindi section:
MY_FSTAB=/etc/fstab
FLOPPY_MODS="ide-floppy floppy"
TAPE_MODS="ht st osst ide-tape ide_tape"
SCSI_MODS="3w-xxxx 53c7,8xx a100u2w a320raid aacraid advansys aha152x
aha1542 aha1740 aic79xx aic79xx_mod aic7xxx aic7xxx_mod aic7xxx_old AM53C974
atp870u BusLogic cciss cpqfc dmx3191d dpt_i2o dtc eata eata_dma eata_pio
fdomain gdth g_NCR5380 i2o_block i2o_core ide-scsi ieee1394 imm in2000
initio ips iscsi isp megaraid mptbase mptscsih NCR53c406a ncr53c8xx nsp32
pas16 pci2000 pci2220i pcmcia ppa psi240i qla1280 qla2200 qla2300 qlogicfas
qlogicfc qlogicisp raw1394 scsi_debug scsi_mod sd_mod seagate sg sim710
sr_mod sym53c416 sym53c8xx sym53c8xx_2 t128 tmscsim u14-34f ultrastor wd7000
vmhgfs"
# ide-probe-mod
IDE_MODS="ide ide-generic ide-detect ide-mod ide-disk ide-cd ide_cd ide-cs
ide-core ide_core libata edd paride ata_piix libata via82cxxx generic"
PCMCIA_MODS="pcmcia_core ds yenta_socket"
USB_MODS="usb-storage usb-ohci usb-uhci usbcore usb_storage hid uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd usbkbd usbhid"
CDROM_MODS="$TAPE_MODS $FLOPPY_MODS $IDE_MODS af_packet cdrom isocd isofs
inflate_fs nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 sg sr_mod zlib_inflate $USB_MODS
$PCMCIA_MODS"
NET_MODS="sunrpc nfs nfs_acl lockd loop mii 3c59x e100 bcm5700 bnx2 e1000
eepro100 ne2k-pci tg3 pcnet32 8139cp 8139too 8390 vmxnet"
EXTRA_MODS="$CDROM_MODS vfat fat loop md-mod linear raid0 raid1 xor raid5
lvm-mod dm-mod jfs xfs xfs_support pagebuf reiserfs ext2 ext3 minix nfs
nfs_acl nfsd lockd sunrpc jbd"
LOGFILE=/var/log/mindi.log
FDDEVICE=/dev/fd0 ; # 1.44MB floppy #0
CACHE_LOC=/var/cache/mondo-archive
FORCE_DUAL_FLOPPIES=no
Do I need to add /lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/kernel/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.ko
(sonycd535)
to the mindi section? This used to work without such a hack, but it hasn't
since I upgraded from sarge to etch. I was probably using a different
kernel the last time it worked. There is a post in the archives that
suggested to add FORCE_MODS to /usr/bin/mindi. Is there reason to think
that would help??
- John
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