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10 | <title>General</title>
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13 | <para></para>
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14 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody>
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15 | <row>
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16 | <entry>
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17 | Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux HOWTO
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18 | </entry>
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19 | </row>
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20 | <row>
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21 | <entry>
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22 | <ulink url="faqoverview.html">Prev</ulink>
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23 | </entry>
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24 | <entry>
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25 | Chapter 10. Troubleshooting/FAQ
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26 | </entry>
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27 | <entry>
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28 | <ulink url="faqbooting.html">Next</ulink>
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29 | </entry>
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30 | </row>
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31 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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32 |
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33 | <sect1 id="FAQGENERA"><title>10.2. General</title>
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34 | <variablelist>
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35 | <listitem>
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36 | <para></para>
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37 | </listitem></varlistentry>
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38 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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39 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN496">What is
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40 | "Mindi"?</ulink></para></term>
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41 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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42 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN501">Why is it called
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43 | "Mondo"?</ulink></para></term>
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44 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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45 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN506">Mondo does not work on my
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46 | system. It keels over and dies. What's wrong?</ulink></para></term>
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47 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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48 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN511">What if the error is in
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49 | Mindi?</ulink></para></term>
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50 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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51 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN516">Can I trust
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52 | Mondo?</ulink></para></term>
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53 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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54 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN522">How do I report a
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55 | bug?</ulink></para></term>
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56 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN527">I
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57 | think Mondo should (...insert suggestion here...) and I have
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58 | rewritten it accordingly. Would you like to see my
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59 | patch?</ulink></para></term>
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60 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN532">I
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61 | think Mondo should (...insert suggestion here...); will you
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62 | incorporate this feature for me, please?</ulink></para></term>
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63 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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64 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN537">Mondo says, "XXX is
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65 | missing," and then terminates. What's wrong?</ulink></para></term>
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66 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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67 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN543">Can Mondo handle multi-CD
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68 | backups and restores?</ulink></para></term>
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69 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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70 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN548">Can Mondo handle
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71 | Linux/Windows dual-boot systems?</ulink></para></term>
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72 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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73 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN553">Can Mondo backup
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74 | Windows-only systems?</ulink></para></term>
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75 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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76 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN558">Does Mondo support
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77 | LVM?</ulink></para></term>
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78 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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79 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN563">What if I don't use LILO?
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80 | What if I use GRUB?</ulink></para></term>
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81 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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82 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN568">Mondoarchive (or
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83 | mondorestore) segfaults when I run it. What could be
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84 | wrong?</ulink></para></term>
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85 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN573">I
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86 | get the error, 'Cannot find /tmp/dev.0' or 'Cannot mount device
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87 | 0x0701'; what do I do?</ulink></para></term>
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88 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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89 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN578">Can I create a Mondo CD
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90 | and then use it to create an archive of any OS on any
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91 | PC?</ulink></para></term>
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92 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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93 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN583">Why do you insist on
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94 | putting floppy disk images on Mondo CD? They waste space and I
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95 | never use them. The CD works just fine, so why keep the floppy disk
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96 | images?</ulink></para></term>
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97 | <varlistentry><term>Q:
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98 | <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN588">Why doesn't the Mondo
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99 | project have a cool-looking animal logo?</ulink></para></term>
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100 | <varlistentry><term>Q: <para><ulink url="faqgeneral.html#AEN593">Is
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101 | there a Mondo user 'Code of Conduct?</ulink></para></term>
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102 | </variablelist>
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103 | <para><anchor id="AEN496"/>Q: What is "Mindi"?</para>
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104 | <para>A: Mindi, a.k.a. Mindi-Linux, makes a mini-distribution from
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105 | your kernel, modules, modules, tools and libraries. It can also
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106 | generate an El Torito 2.88MB boot disk image. Mondo uses Mindi to
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107 | create a mini-distro, then boots from it and runs on it.</para>
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108 | <para><anchor id="AEN501"/>Q: Why is it called "Mondo"?</para>
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109 | <para>A: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles described cool things as
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110 | 'mondo'. I wasn't sure what to call this project. 'Faust' was one
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111 | idea I had, partly as a dig at my former boss who practically owned
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112 | me because of my legal status at the time. In the end, I chose
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113 | something short and distinctive.</para>
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114 | <para><anchor id="AEN506"/>Q: Mondo does not work on my system. It
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115 | keels over and dies. What's wrong?</para>
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116 | <para>A: It works on Red Hat 7.x, Linux-Mandrake 8.x, some flavors
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117 | of SuSE, some flavors of Slackware, some flavors of Debian, etc.
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118 | The more distributions I support, the more moving targets I have to
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119 | hit. Please bear this in mind when e-mailing the list. :) If you
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120 | would like to help me by beta-testing Mondo (or Mindi) on your PC
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121 | then I would be very interested in working with you to work around
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122 | the eccentricities of your Linux distro. However, rest assured, 90%
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123 | of the bugs reported to me are actually symptoms of FooLinux X.Y's
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124 | unique way of doing things.</para>
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125 | <para><anchor id="AEN511"/>Q: What if the error is in Mindi?</para>
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126 | <para>A: Then send me a copy of /var/log/mindi.log (compressed,
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127 | please) along with a description of your distro, your kernel, etc.
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128 | Oh, and before sending it, please read it.</para>
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129 | <para><anchor id="AEN516"/>Q: Can I trust Mondo?</para>
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130 | <para>A: Mondo has generated reliable archives since May 2000. I
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131 | have lost data by using bad CD-R disks and not verifying their
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132 | contents. Some users have not tried booting from their CD until
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133 | crunch time. Remember to boot into Compare Mode to verify the
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134 | backup before you trust it. If Mondo did not work, you would not be
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135 | reading this. If it does not work for you, your kernel is usually
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136 | the culprit. Check <ulink url="kernelsupport.html">Linux Kernel
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137 | support</ulink> to see what your kernel should support. Please
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138 | e-mail the list (or me) if you need some help with this.</para>
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139 | <para><anchor id="AEN522"/>Q: How do I report a bug?</para>
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140 | <para>A: E-mail the bug report (mondo.err.xxxxx.tgz) to me. If you
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141 | want to discuss it, please e-mail the list. The list is for
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142 | talking; my e-mail address is for big files. :-) If you don't send
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143 | me a logfile then there isn't a lot that I can do for you, so
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144 | PLEASE include a logfile at the very least. Or, pop into #mondo on
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145 | irc.redhat.com and see if I'm there.</para>
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146 | <para><anchor id="AEN527"/>Q: I think Mondo should (...insert
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147 | suggestion here...) and I have rewritten it accordingly. Would you
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148 | like to see my patch?</para>
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149 | <para>A: Absolutely! :-) The best way for you to make Mondo do what
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150 | you want is to modify it and then send me the patch. That way, we
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151 | can all benefit.</para>
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152 | <para><anchor id="AEN532"/>Q: I think Mondo should (...insert
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153 | suggestion here...); will you incorporate this feature for me,
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154 | please?</para>
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155 | <para>A: I'll definitely think about it. Would you like to
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156 | help?</para>
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157 | <para><anchor id="AEN537"/>Q: Mondo says, "XXX is missing," and
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158 | then terminates. What's wrong?</para>
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159 | <para>A: A good Linux distribution should contain XXX but the
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160 | designers, in their infinite wisdom, decided not to include that
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161 | particular tool. Check <ulink url="linuxpackages.html">Related
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162 | Linux Packages</ulink> and install the missing package. If that
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163 | fails, contact the vendor/distributor/manufacturer/designer of your
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164 | distro.</para>
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165 | <para><anchor id="AEN543"/>Q: Can Mondo handle multi-CD backups and
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166 | restores?</para>
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167 | <para>A: Yes, up to twenty CD per set. This 20-CD limit results
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168 | from laziness on my part. I can remove it at any time. However, if
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169 | your system occupies more than 20 CD, may I recommend that you
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170 | invest in a tape streamer?</para>
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171 | <para><anchor id="AEN548"/>Q: Can Mondo handle Linux/Windows
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172 | dual-boot systems?</para>
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173 | <para>A: Yes. If your system currently boots into Linux or Windows
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174 | via LILO, you can backup and restore both OSes at the same time
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175 | using Mondo. If you are using NTFS then add the switch, '-x
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176 | <device>'.</para>
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177 | <para><anchor id="AEN553"/>Q: Can Mondo backup Windows-only
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178 | systems?</para>
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179 | <para>A: Sure, if you pay me to play catch-up to Microsoft. ;)
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180 | Seriously, Mondo can do it but I do not give away the
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181 | functionality. If you are a Microsoft-only user, you are accusomed
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182 | to paying for software and technical support. Please e-mail me for
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183 | more information.</para>
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184 | <para><anchor id="AEN558"/>Q: Does Mondo support LVM?</para>
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185 | <para>A: Mondo supports LVM, yes. Mondo backs up and restores your
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186 | existing setup but it does not make it easy for you to change your
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187 | LVM configuration. You have to edit /tmp/i-want-my-lvm at boot-time
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188 | to do that.</para>
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189 | <para><anchor id="AEN563"/>Q: What if I don't use LILO? What if I
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190 | use GRUB?</para>
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191 | <para>A: GRUB is supported by Mondo.</para>
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192 | <para><anchor id="AEN568"/>Q: Mondoarchive (or mondorestore)
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193 | segfaults when I run it. What could be wrong?</para>
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194 | <para>A: Install from tarball instead of RPM. (Or, try RPM if you
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195 | just installed from tarball.) Your compiler or your libraries may
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196 | be fubar. We'll see. If that doesn't work then please e-mail the
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197 | <ulink url="../../feedback/feedback.html">mailing
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198 | list</ulink>.</para>
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199 | <para><anchor id="AEN573"/>Q: I get the error, 'Cannot find
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200 | /tmp/dev.0' or 'Cannot mount device 0x0701'; what do I do?</para>
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201 | <para>A: Please free up /dev/loop0 using 'losetup /dev/loop0 -d' to
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202 | unmount that loop device. If your OS will not let you do that,
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203 | contact your local support group or Linux vendor.</para>
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204 | <para><anchor id="AEN578"/>Q: Can I create a Mondo CD and then use
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205 | it to create an archive of any OS on any PC?</para>
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206 | <para>A: Not yet. You can use Mondo to backup Linux or
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207 | Linux/Windows dual boot. One day, Mondo will let you backup
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208 | partitions it can't read or write, by treating each partition as
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209 | one long file to be backed up. This file will be chopped,
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210 | compressed and archived like any other big file.</para>
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211 | <para><anchor id="AEN583"/>Q: Why do you insist on putting floppy
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212 | disk images on Mondo CD? They waste space and I never use them. The
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213 | CD works just fine, so why keep the floppy disk images?</para>
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214 | <para>A: Because of my old college buddy, Justin Case. If you
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215 | really, truly want them gone then please submit a patch to make
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216 | them optional.</para>
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217 | <para><anchor id="AEN588"/>Q: Why doesn't the Mondo project have a
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218 | cool-looking animal logo?</para>
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219 | <para>A: Excellent question! Please submit graphics of candidate
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220 | animal logos!</para>
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221 | <para><anchor id="AEN593"/>Q: Is there a Mondo user 'Code of
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222 | Conduct?</para>
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223 | <para>A: Yes. Read the HOWTO. Submit patches. Recommend realistic
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224 | improvements. Be courteous to other users on the discussion list.
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225 | Do not whine.</para>
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226 | <para></para>
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229 | <entry>
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230 | <ulink url="faqoverview.html">Prev</ulink>
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232 | <entry>
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233 | <ulink url="index.html">Home</ulink>
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234 | </entry>
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235 | <entry>
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236 | <ulink url="faqbooting.html">Next</ulink>
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237 | </entry>
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240 | <entry>
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241 | Overview
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242 | </entry>
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243 | <entry>
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244 | <ulink url="faq.html">Up</ulink>
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246 | <entry>
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247 | Kernel/Linux/Booting
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248 | </entry>
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