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| 9 | <title>Backup</title>
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| 10 | </articleinfo>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para></para>
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| 13 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody>
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| 14 | <row>
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| 15 | <entry>
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| 16 | Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux HOWTO
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| 17 | </entry>
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| 18 | </row>
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| 19 | <row>
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| 20 | <entry>
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| 21 | <ulink url="faqhardwarerelated.html">Prev</ulink>
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| 22 | </entry>
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| 23 | <entry>
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| 24 | Chapter 10. Troubleshooting/FAQ
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| 25 | </entry>
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| 26 | <entry>
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| 27 | <ulink url="faqcompare.html">Next</ulink>
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| 28 | </entry>
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| 29 | </row>
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| 30 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect1 id="FAQBACKU"><title>10.6. Backup</title>
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| 33 | <variablelist>
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| 34 | <listitem>
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| 35 | <para></para>
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| 36 | </listitem></varlistentry>
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| 37 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><link linkend="MMKM">Mondo says,
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| 38 | 'Cannot run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I
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| 39 | do?</link></para></term>
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| 40 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN748">Can
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| 41 | Mondo burn CD as they are created?</ulink></para></term>
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| 42 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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| 43 | <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN753">When I try to backup to
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| 44 | CD, cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be
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| 45 | wrong. What do I do?</ulink></para></term>
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| 46 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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| 47 | <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN758">Mondo failed to burn my
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| 48 | CD. It said something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on.
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| 49 | What does that mean?</ulink></para></term>
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| 50 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN763">May
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| 51 | I backup my system with one partition layout and restore with
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| 52 | another?</ulink></para></term>
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| 53 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN775">Why
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| 54 | does Mondo need so much free disk space?</ulink></para></term>
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| 55 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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| 56 | <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN780">Will Mondo backup
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| 57 | partitions whose formats are not understood by Linux, such as
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| 58 | NTFS?</ulink></para></term>
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| 59 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN785">I
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| 60 | am trying to do something clever, e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS
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| 61 | mount, and I get some weird error messages. What do I
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| 62 | do?</ulink></para></term>
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| 63 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN790">Can
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| 64 | Mondo backup to data files on another partition, e.g. an NFS
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| 65 | mount?</ulink></para></term>
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| 66 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN795">Can
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| 67 | Mondo backup _to_ an NFS partition, i.e. backup over a network? How
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| 68 | about restoring?</ulink></para></term>
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| 69 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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| 70 | <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN801">Does Mondo handle System
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| 71 | or Hidden attributes when archiving Dos/Win
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| 72 | files?</ulink></para></term>
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| 73 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN806">Why
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| 74 | do you include IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong
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| 75 | to Microsoft and are copyrighted?</ulink></para></term>
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| 76 | <varlistentry><term><para id="MMKM"></para>Q: Mondo says, 'Cannot
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| 77 | run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?</term>
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| 78 | <varlistentry><term>A: Look at /var/log/mindi.log and see what it
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| 79 | says. Also, try typing 'mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt'
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| 80 | to see what Mindi says. Compress the log and send it to the mailing
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| 81 | list if you get stuck.</term>
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| 82 | </variablelist>
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| 83 | <para><anchor id="AEN748"/>Q: Can Mondo burn CD as they are
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| 84 | created?</para>
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| 85 | <para>A: Yes. Use the '-Oc <speed>' switch. Use a negative
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| 86 | number for a dummy burn.</para>
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| 87 | <para><anchor id="AEN753"/>Q: When I try to backup to CD,
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| 88 | cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be
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| 89 | wrong. What do I do?</para>
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| 90 | <para>A: Upgrade cdrecord and mkisofs.</para>
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| 91 | <para><anchor id="AEN758"/>Q: Mondo failed to burn my CD. It said
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| 92 | something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on. What does
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| 93 | that mean?</para>
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| 94 | <para>A: Cdrecord reported some serious errors while trying to burn
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| 95 | your CD. Check your CD burner, your CD-R and your kernel.</para>
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| 96 | <para><anchor id="AEN763"/>Q: May I backup my system with one
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| 97 | partition layout and restore with another?</para>
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| 98 | <para>A: Yes. Boot in Interactive Mode and edit the mountlist using
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| 99 | the snazzy new mountlist editor. Mondo can now edit your RAID
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| 100 | partitions for you. Just open /dev/md0 (or whatever) and select
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| 101 | "RAID.." to start. Or, to add a RAID device:</para>
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| 102 | <itemizedlist>
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| 103 | <listitem>
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| 104 | <para>Add two or more partitions, of type and mountpoint
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| 105 | 'raid'</para>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | <listitem>
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| 108 | <para>Add device '/dev/md0' and click OK</para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | <listitem>
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| 111 | <para>Follow the prompts and your own common-sense :)</para>
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| 112 | </listitem>
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| 113 | </itemizedlist>
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| 114 | <para><anchor id="AEN775"/>Q: Why does Mondo need so much free disk
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| 115 | space?</para>
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| 116 | <para>A: Because I'm a bitter, twisted man who lives to torment
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| 117 | you. Mwahahahaha! :-) Mondo has to work around the inadequacies of
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| 118 | mkisofs, cdrecord and your own Linux distribution; in return, it
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| 119 | asks for a lot of free disk space.</para>
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| 120 | <para><anchor id="AEN780"/>Q: Will Mondo backup partitions whose
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| 121 | formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?</para>
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| 122 | <para>A: Yes. Use '-x <device>'. (You can have more than one
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| 123 | device.)</para>
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| 124 | <para><anchor id="AEN785"/>Q: I am trying to do something clever,
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| 125 | e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS mount, and I get some weird error
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| 126 | messages. What do I do?</para>
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| 127 | <para>A: Well, (a) use '-T /tmp' or '-T /home' or something in your
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| 128 | call to Mondo. Oh, and (b) send me /var/log/mondo-archive.log,
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| 129 | please :-)</para>
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| 130 | <para><anchor id="AEN790"/>Q: Can Mondo backup to data files on
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| 131 | another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?</para>
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| 132 | <para>A: Yes. Just backup as usual but add '-d /mnt/nfs' or
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| 133 | wherever your partition is mounted; don't use '-Oc' or '-Ot' at
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| 134 | all; just '-Oi -d /root'. Then, after booting from the floppies
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| 135 | which Mondo generates, you need to type 'ISO' at the
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| 136 | console.</para>
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| 137 | <para><anchor id="AEN795"/>Q: Can Mondo backup _to_ an NFS
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| 138 | partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?</para>
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| 139 | <para>A: Yes. Use '-On <mount> <directory>'. On my
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| 140 | system, I use:</para>
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| 141 | <para></para>
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| 144 | <entry>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | bash# mondoarchive -On 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs
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| 148 | </entry>
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| 149 | </row>
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| 150 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para><anchor id="AEN801"/>Q: Does Mondo handle System or Hidden
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| 153 | attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?</para>
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| 154 | <para>A: No. It probably never will, either. Sorry.</para>
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| 155 | <para><anchor id="AEN806"/>Q: Why do you include IO.SYS and
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| 156 | MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to Microsoft and are
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| 157 | copyrighted?</para>
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| 158 | <para>A: Well, I used to, but I don't anymore. However, if you do
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| 159 | have a Windows partition, you can still use 'format-and-kludge-vfat
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| 160 | <DEVICE>/' to format and make bootable a VFAT partition.
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| 161 | AFAIK, I am the only person to write a Linux equivalent of the DOS
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| 162 | "SYS" command.</para>
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| 163 | <para></para>
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| 178 | Hardware Related
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