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6 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4">Diary (October)</FONT></FONT></P>
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7 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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8 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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9 | 29th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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10 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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11 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">There
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12 | is a silly bug in Compare Mode, which causes the first archive set
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13 | of each CD to be reported as bad. It is an erroneous error. Ignore it.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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14 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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15 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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16 | 28th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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17 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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18 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Mondo
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19 | v1.18 and Mindi v0.44 are out. They are bug-fix releases, for the
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20 | most part.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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21 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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22 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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23 | 21st, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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24 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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25 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">The
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26 | new releases (v1.17-3 and v0.43-3) work on RH6.2; that's the biggest
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27 | change. There are a few clean-ups and big-fixes incorporated in them
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28 | but nothing spectacular.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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29 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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30 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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31 | 20th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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32 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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33 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I
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34 | am looking at replacing LILO with SYSLINUX as Mondo's boot loader.
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35 | SYSLINUX has a nifty picture which pops up when it first loads. If I
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36 | can make SYSLINUX behave identically to LILO but with a pretty boot
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37 | screen then it would be groovy. I doubt I shall give the restore
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38 | phase an X interface but it wouldn't hurt to make the initial boot-up
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39 | screen a little more attractive.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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40 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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41 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I
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42 | am also trying to get Mondo to work with a stock Red Hat 6.2 distro.
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43 | Call me a masochist: I shan't argue with you. Anyway, the stock
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44 | kernel won't boot on my Duron. I am installing 2.2.19 to see if that
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45 | makes a difference. However, if I cannot boot RH6.2 then I'm buggered
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46 | if I know how I'm supposed to support the thing.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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47 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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48 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">[Update]
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49 | Okay, Mondo v1.17-3 and Mindi v0.43-3 appear to work with Red Hat
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50 | 6.2. I've backed up part of my RH6.2 installation and booted from the
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51 | CD; it looks kosher. I don't have time to do exhaustive testing. Any volunteers?</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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52 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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53 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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54 | 18th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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55 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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56 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Well,
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57 | my first unwitting words to my new boss were, "Ay yo,
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58 | trip!" Oops. Don't ask. It's a long story.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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59 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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60 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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61 | 17th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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62 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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63 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Updated
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64 | the web site. Somehow I forgot to upload Mondo v1.17-r2; nice one,
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65 | Hugo. For your next trick, tell your supervisor, "Baby, you got back!"</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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66 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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67 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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68 | 15th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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69 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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70 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Mondo
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71 | v1.17-r2 and Mindi v0.43-r2 are out. They are only relevant to you
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72 | if you want to use Mindi's failsafe kernel.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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73 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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74 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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75 | 14th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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76 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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77 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Making
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78 | Mindi use its own kernel instead of yours (if you want) and install
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79 | the corresponding modules - e.g. its lvm-mod.o, its raid1.o, etc. -
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80 | was hard, really hard. However, I do believe I have done it. This
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81 | won't make a difference to you unless your kernel is broken and you
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82 | dont know how to roll a good one; however, if you are in that
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83 | position then you would be SOL unless Mindi came with its own kernel
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84 | (and it does!).</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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85 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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86 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I
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87 | fixed some important bugs and gave Mindi a new 2.4.12 kernel. I am
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88 | still running some intensive backup/restore/compare tests but so far
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89 | the code is behaving very well. All bug reports are gratefully
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90 | received. Please do tell me what sort of PC you're using, what sort
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91 | of hardware it has, etc.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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92 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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93 | <I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">October
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94 | 13th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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95 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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96 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">The
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97 | next Mindi will include a 2.4.12 kernel with lots of lovely SCSI
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98 | modules. Of course, if Linux vendors would only bundle <I>stable</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">,
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99 | sane</FONT></FONT></FONT></I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"> kernels
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100 | with their distros then Mindi wouldn't have to come with a kernel at
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101 | all. Until that happy day comes, I shall be hacking away at a
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102 | 1600-line bash script...</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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103 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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104 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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105 | 11th, 20</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">01</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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106 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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107 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Bruno
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108 | Cornec submitted patches to add a useful switch to Mondo. If the
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109 | user calls Mondo with '--cd-recovery yes' then the bootable CD will
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110 | basically say, "OK, type RESTORE to nuke your computer,"
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111 | but it is more diplomatic. :-) Mondo v1.17 and Mindi v0.43 will
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112 | include Bruno's patches.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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113 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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114 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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115 | 10th</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">,
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116 | 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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117 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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118 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Mondo
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119 | v1.16-r2 and Mindi v0.42-r2 fix some very minor bugs (minor unless
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120 | you use Linux-Mandrake 8.1 and have some RAID partitions).</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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121 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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122 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Other
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123 | than that, it has been disturbingly quiet...</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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124 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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125 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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126 | 9th, 2001</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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127 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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128 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Happy
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129 | men have no tales to tell. I guess that's why I have had only 2 e-mails
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130 | from Mondo users this week. I guess the new release actually worked!</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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131 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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132 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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133 | 7</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">th,
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134 | 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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135 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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136 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Ugh.
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137 | New Mondo good. New Mindi good. Unf. Grr. Must download and try. Is
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138 | Klingon way. Rurrr. Bff. Must eat squiggly live things. Pshhcth.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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139 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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140 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Man,
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141 | I spent so long chasing dependency problems in Linux-Mandrake 8.1,
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142 | only to find I had made a mistake in my 'make' script. Oops.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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143 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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144 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Anyway,
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145 | the latest releases work perfectly with LM8.1 and RH7.1; I shall try
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146 | them on SuSE when I have time and energy. I am proud to have made
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147 | Mindi work with pre-2.4.6 (i.e. severely b0rken) kernels. It also
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148 | copes with gzipped modules.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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149 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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150 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">LVM
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151 | support is experimental - in other words, I couldn't be bothered to
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152 | regression test it - so use it at your peril. Before you use it, run /usr/share/mindi/analyze-my-lvm
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153 | to see if it generates a sane set of commands to regenerate your volumes.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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154 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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155 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>O</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">ctober
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156 | 6th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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157 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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158 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I
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159 | am telling you, you are going to love the new releases. Mindi used
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160 | to choke on all kinds of distros and their stock kernels; now it
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161 | handles them with ease. I have fixed a ton of bugs, including some
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162 | that didn't even presented themselves until I integrated Busybox into
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163 | Mindi. Mondo now supports tape streamers and LVM. It works with
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164 | out-of-the-box Linux Mandrake 8.1 and Red Hat 7.1 distros, even
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165 | though the former uses devfs and the latter comes with a severaly
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166 | b0rken kernel.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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167 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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168 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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169 | 5th, 2001</I></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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170 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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171 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">OK,
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172 | the new releases are nearly ready. The best news is that they work
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173 | on standard, out-of-the-box Red Hat 7.1 and Linux-Mandrake 8.1
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174 | distros, even with RH7.1's b0rken 2.4.2 kernel and Mandrake's
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175 | semi-devfs kernel. Oh, and you can now backup to tape with Mondo. Oh,
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176 | and LVM is now supported.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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177 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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178 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>O</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">ctober
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179 | 4th, 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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180 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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181 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Some
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182 | users have reported problems with v1.15/v0.41. The new release might
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183 | cure them; it might not. The problems are peculiar to specific
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184 | distros under specific circumstances and I am unable to reproduce
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185 | them. So, I am testing the new releases with every distro I can lay
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186 | my hands on. So far, v1.16/v0.42 pass muster with Red Hat 7.1 and
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187 | Linux-Mandrake 8.1. Next I'll try SuSE 7.1.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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188 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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189 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><I>October
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190 | 1s</I></FONT></FONT></FONT><I><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">t,
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191 | 2001</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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192 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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193 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I
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194 | cannot replicate the problems that a couple of users have been
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195 | having with prepping and formatting their drives, so I've beefed up
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196 | the logging a bit, in the hope of catching whatever bug they're experiencing.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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197 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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198 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Checksums.
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199 | Ugh. Still trying to nail those suckers down. Actually, the last
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200 | time I backed up and restored, I didn't see any checksum-related
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201 | oddities. I hope that is the start of a trend.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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202 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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203 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">LVM
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204 | support is on its way. Some guy in Zurich is nagging me to support
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205 | it & frankly it turned out to be so easy that I thought,
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206 | "What the heck, why not?" I doubt anyone uses it much but I
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207 | could be wrong.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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208 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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209 | <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Times New I2"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">I've
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210 | managed to rewrite the kernel module handling code in Mindi so that
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211 | the boot floppy comes with only the floppy-specific modules, the boot
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212 | CD (floppy image) comes with only the CD-specific modules, and
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213 | everything else goes on the data disks (or data tarballs on the CD).
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214 | The result is that the boot disk is NEVER overloaded with modules.
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215 | Either your kernel fits on the floppy (or CD), or it doesn't. No
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216 | matter how many modules you have, they'll just go on the data disks
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217 | like everything else. Only the stuff that you need in order to access
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218 | the floppy (or CD) will go on the boot floppy/CD.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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220 | <A HREF="gossip-Sep-01.html">Click here for September's gossip</A></P>
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