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<sect1 id="FAQBACKU"><title>10.6. Backup</title>
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<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><link linkend="MMKM">Mondo says,
'Cannot run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I
do?</link></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN748">Can
Mondo burn CD as they are created?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q:
<para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN753">When I try to backup to
CD, cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be
wrong. What do I do?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q:
<para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN758">Mondo failed to burn my
CD. It said something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on.
What does that mean?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN763">May
I backup my system with one partition layout and restore with
another?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN775">Why
does Mondo need so much free disk space?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q:
<para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN780">Will Mondo backup
partitions whose formats are not understood by Linux, such as
NTFS?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN785">I
am trying to do something clever, e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS
mount, and I get some weird error messages. What do I
do?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN790">Can
Mondo backup to data files on another partition, e.g. an NFS
mount?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN795">Can
Mondo backup _to_ an NFS partition, i.e. backup over a network? How
about restoring?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q:
<para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN801">Does Mondo handle System
or Hidden attributes when archiving Dos/Win
files?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqbackup.html#AEN806">Why
do you include IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong
to Microsoft and are copyrighted?</ulink></para></term>
<varlistentry><term><para id="MMKM"></para>Q: Mondo says, 'Cannot
run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?</term>
<varlistentry><term>A: Look at /var/log/mindi.log and see what it
says. Also, try typing 'mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt'
to see what Mindi says. Compress the log and send it to the mailing
list if you get stuck.</term>
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<para><anchor id="AEN748"/>Q: Can Mondo burn CD as they are
created?</para>
<para>A: Yes. Use the '-Oc &lt;speed&gt;' switch. Use a negative
number for a dummy burn.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN753"/>Q: When I try to backup to CD,
cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be
wrong. What do I do?</para>
<para>A: Upgrade cdrecord and mkisofs.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN758"/>Q: Mondo failed to burn my CD. It said
something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on. What does
that mean?</para>
<para>A: Cdrecord reported some serious errors while trying to burn
your CD. Check your CD burner, your CD-R and your kernel.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN763"/>Q: May I backup my system with one
partition layout and restore with another?</para>
<para>A: Yes. Boot in Interactive Mode and edit the mountlist using
the snazzy new mountlist editor. Mondo can now edit your RAID
partitions for you. Just open /dev/md0 (or whatever) and select
"RAID.." to start. Or, to add a RAID device:</para>
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<para>Add two or more partitions, of type and mountpoint
'raid'</para>
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<para>Add device '/dev/md0' and click OK</para>
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<para>Follow the prompts and your own common-sense :)</para>
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<para><anchor id="AEN775"/>Q: Why does Mondo need so much free disk
space?</para>
<para>A: Because I'm a bitter, twisted man who lives to torment
you. Mwahahahaha! :-) Mondo has to work around the inadequacies of
mkisofs, cdrecord and your own Linux distribution; in return, it
asks for a lot of free disk space.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN780"/>Q: Will Mondo backup partitions whose
formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?</para>
<para>A: Yes. Use '-x &lt;device&gt;'. (You can have more than one
device.)</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN785"/>Q: I am trying to do something clever,
e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS mount, and I get some weird error
messages. What do I do?</para>
<para>A: Well, (a) use '-T /tmp' or '-T /home' or something in your
call to Mondo. Oh, and (b) send me /var/log/mondo-archive.log,
please :-)</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN790"/>Q: Can Mondo backup to data files on
another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?</para>
<para>A: Yes. Just backup as usual but add '-d /mnt/nfs' or
wherever your partition is mounted; don't use '-Oc' or '-Ot' at
all; just '-Oi -d /root'. Then, after booting from the floppies
which Mondo generates, you need to type 'ISO' at the
console.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN795"/>Q: Can Mondo backup _to_ an NFS
partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?</para>
<para>A: Yes. Use '-On &lt;mount&gt; &lt;directory&gt;'. On my
system, I use:</para>
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bash# mondoarchive -On 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs 

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<para><anchor id="AEN801"/>Q: Does Mondo handle System or Hidden
attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?</para>
<para>A: No. It probably never will, either. Sorry.</para>
<para><anchor id="AEN806"/>Q: Why do you include IO.SYS and
MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to Microsoft and are
copyrighted?</para>
<para>A: Well, I used to, but I don't anymore. However, if you do
have a Windows partition, you can still use 'format-and-kludge-vfat
&lt;DEVICE&gt;/' to format and make bootable a VFAT partition.
AFAIK, I am the only person to write a Linux equivalent of the DOS
"SYS" command.</para>
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