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| 139 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4">Support</FONT></FONT></P>
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| 140 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 141 | What should you do if you are having a problem with Mondo and want
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| 142 | free technical support?</P>
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| 143 | <P>
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| 144 | Before you seek free technical support, would you please:-</P>
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| 145 | <UL>
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| 146 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 147 | <P>
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| 148 | <B>Read</B> the <A HREF="../docs/docs.html">manual</A><BR>
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| 149 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">Make sure you are using the <B>latest versions</B>
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| 150 | of Mondo/Mindi<BR>
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| 151 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">if that doesn't help then try the <B>latest snapshots</B>
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| 152 | from the Download page - SNAPSHOTS HAVE DATES - e.g. 20031031 - IN
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| 153 | THEIR FILENAMES<BR>
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[1315] | 154 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P"><B>Read</B> your own logfile (mondoarchive.log,
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| 155 | mondorestore.log or mindi.log)<BR>
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[958] | 156 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">Try Mindi's <B>failsafe kernel</B>, if yours
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| 157 | doesn't work (i.e. say 'no' when asked if you want to use your own
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| 158 | kernel, or include the switch '-k FAILSAFE' in your call to Mondo);
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| 159 | if this fails, you really ought to fix your hardware and/or your
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| 160 | kernel :)<BR>
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| 161 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">Look on the <B><A HREF="http://bugzilla.mondorescue.org/bugzilla">Bugzilla</A></B>
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| 162 | page to see if the bug has already been registered with us</P>
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| 163 | </UL>
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| 164 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 165 | <B>Are you a 64-bit Mondo user?</B> There is now a mailing list just
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| 166 | for you. Bruno Cornec of HP is spearheading the porting of Mondo to
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| 167 | 64-bit platforms. <A HREF="mailto:sympa@eurolinux.grenoble.hp.com?subject=subscribe%20mondo-ia64">Sign
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| 168 | up</A> and join in the fun!</P>
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| 169 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 170 | The <B>Mondo Rescue mailing list</B> (see below) (mirrored to
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| 171 | news://news.gmane.org) is a valuable resource for all users. </P>
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| 172 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 173 | There is also the new, <B>PHP-based forum</B> at <A HREF="http://forum.mondorescue.org/">http://forum.mondorescue.org/</A>
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| 174 | (thanks, Rhys). </P>
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| 175 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 176 | There is <B>#mondo</B> on <B>irc.freenode.net</B>, a chat room
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| 177 | frequented by many members of the Mondo Illuminati and other users. </P>
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| 178 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 179 | Finally, there is the <B>Bugzilla </B>bug registry at <A HREF="http://geek.j2solutions.net/bugzilla/">http://geek.j2solutions.net/bugzilla/</A>
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| 180 | which is the best place to register bugs.</P>
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| 181 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 182 | If in doubt, register the bug <I>and</I> e-mail your logs to the
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| 183 | mailing list <I>and</I> leave a comment in the forum. That way, you
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| 184 | are sure to get someone's attention.</P>
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| 185 | <P>
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| 186 | To write to the Mondo mailing list, go to the link below:-<BR>
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| 187 | <A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mondo-devel">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mondo-devel</A></P>
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| 188 | <P>
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| 189 | <FONT SIZE="6"><B>No logs? No help. </B>We can't fix the problem if
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| 190 | we don't know anything about your computer system.</FONT></P>
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| 191 | <P>
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| 192 | To e-mail the list <I>after joining</I>, e-mail <A HREF="mailto:mondo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">mondo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</A></P>
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| 193 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 194 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4"><A NAME="knownbugs"></A>Known
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| 195 | bugs in Mondo 1.6x</FONT></FONT></P>
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| 196 | <OL>
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| 197 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 198 | <P>
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| 199 | Grub sometimes fails to install properly on RAID systems. This is
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| 200 | caused by a bug in your copy of 'grub-install', which comes with your
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| 201 | copy of the 'grub' package. To work around the problem, please boot
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| 202 | into Interactive Mode; at the screen asking if you want to install
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| 203 | your boot sector, please use the <Alt>-cursor keys to move to
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| 204 | another terminal, where you should type 'chroot /mnt/RESTORING'
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| 205 | followed by the magical incantation to install Grub; finally, type
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| 206 | exit and return to the mondorestore screen where you should continue
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| 207 | to answer the on-screen questions.</P>
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| 208 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 209 | <P>
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| 210 | On Mandrake 9.1, if you have an LVM-on-software-RAID filesystem
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| 211 | setup, you might have problems with Nuke Mode. The LVM volumes might
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| 212 | fail to be created. The solution is to boot into Interactive Mode and
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| 213 | increase (I just double) the size of /dev/md0, which you usually do
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| 214 | by doubling the size of each of its constituent partitions. Then save
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| 215 | the list and say 'yes' to partitioning, formatting, restoring all
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| 216 | files, etc. but say 'no' when asked if you have edited the mountlist.
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| 217 | This bug has been fixed in 1.7x :-)</P>
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| 218 | </OL>
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| 219 | <P>
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| 221 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 222 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4">Known bugs in
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| 223 | Mondo 1.7x</FONT></FONT></P>
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| 224 | <OL>
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| 225 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 226 | <P>
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| 227 | Grub sometimes fails to install properly on RAID systems. This is
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| 228 | caused by a bug in your copy of 'grub-install', which comes with your
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| 229 | copy of the 'grub' package. See #1 of 1.6x for more info.</P>
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| 230 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 231 | <P>
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| 232 | Your DVD drive might go into some kind of reset loop after writing to
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| 233 | DVD-RW disks w/ Mondo. This does not happen with DVD-R disks, which
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| 234 | leads me to believe there may be a bug in dvd+rw-format.</P>
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| 235 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 236 | <P>
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| 237 | Vi is missing from Mindi 0.9x's busybox binary. However, Joshua
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| 238 | Oreman recently added nano.</P>
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| 239 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 240 | <P>
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| 241 | If you restore an NTFS partition 'live' (without booting from
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| 242 | CD/DVD/floppies), Mondo might freeze midway through the restoration.
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| 243 | This is due to the funky nature of partimagehack. The workaround is
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| 244 | to boot from CD/DVD/floppies and restore the partition from there.</P>
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| 245 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
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| 246 | <P>
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| 247 | If /dev/md0 is your boot device and GRUB is your boot loader then
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| 248 | mondorestore might fail to install the boot loader. The workaround is
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| 249 | to do it manually.</P>
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| 250 | </OL>
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| 251 | <P>
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| 252 | I am working on all these bugs, in addition to carrying out my other duties.</P>
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| 253 | <P>
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| 254 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
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| 256 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4">Tape users</FONT></FONT></P>
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| 262 | <I>User</I></TD>
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| 265 | <I>Tape streamer</I></TD>
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| 268 | <I>Does it work?</I></TD>
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| 273 | <A HREF="http://nakedsoul.org/~troff/">Stan "Troff" Benoit</A></TD>
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| 276 | Python SCSI DDS-2</TD>
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| 279 | yes</TD>
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| 284 | <A HREF="http://nakedsoul.org/~troff/">Stan "Troff" Benoit</A></TD>
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| 287 | Python SCSI DDS-3</TD>
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| 290 | yes</TD>
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| 292 | <TR>
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| 293 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 294 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 295 | <A HREF="http://nakedsoul.org/~troff/">Stan "Troff" Benoit</A></TD>
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| 296 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 297 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 298 | IDE Colorado/Travan</TD>
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| 299 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 300 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 301 | yes</TD>
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| 302 | </TR>
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| 303 | <TR>
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| 304 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 305 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 306 | <A HREF="http://www.z74.net/tape.html">Maurice J.</A></TD>
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| 307 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 308 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 309 | HP DAT8i DDS-2</TD>
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| 310 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 311 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 312 | yes</TD>
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| 313 | </TR>
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| 314 | <TR>
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| 315 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 316 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 317 | <A HREF="http://www.z74.net/tape.html">Maurice J.</A></TD>
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| 318 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 319 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 320 | HP DDS4 DAT40i</TD>
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| 321 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 322 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 323 | yes, after upgrading tape's firmware</TD>
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| 324 | </TR>
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| 325 | <TR>
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| 326 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 327 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 328 | Andy G.</TD>
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| 329 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 330 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 331 | Sun (SCSI?) DDS-3</TD>
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| 332 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 333 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 334 | yes</TD>
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| 335 | </TR>
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| 336 | <TR>
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| 337 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 338 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 339 | Hugo Rabson</TD>
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| 340 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 341 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 342 | IDE Travan 8GB</TD>
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| 343 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 344 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 345 | yes</TD>
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| 346 | </TR>
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| 347 | <TR>
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| 348 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 349 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 350 | Hugo Rabson</TD>
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| 351 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 352 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 353 | IDE Travan 8GB</TD>
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| 354 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 355 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 356 | yes</TD>
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| 357 | </TR>
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| 358 | <TR>
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| 359 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 360 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 361 | Hugo Rabson</TD>
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| 362 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 363 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 364 | IDE OnStream DI-20/ADR</TD>
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| 365 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 366 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 367 | mondo v1.7x only</TD>
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| 368 | </TR>
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| 369 | <TR>
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| 370 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 371 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 372 | Hugo Rabson (thanks to Michael Clark for lending me the drive)</TD>
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| 373 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 374 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 375 | IDE OnStream DI-30/ADR2</TD>
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| 376 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 377 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 378 | mondo v1.7x only</TD>
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| 379 | </TR>
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| 380 | <TR>
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| 381 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 382 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 383 | Jeffrey S.</TD>
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| 384 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 385 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 386 | HP SCSI DDS-3</TD>
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| 387 | <TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN=TOP>
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| 388 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 389 | yes if you run 'mt /dev/st0 setblk 32' or 'mt defblksize 32' first</TD>
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| 390 | </TR>
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| 391 | </TABLE></P>
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| 392 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 393 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
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| 394 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 395 | <FONT FACE="Arial Black,Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE="4">Linux distributions</FONT></FONT></P>
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| 396 | <P>
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| 397 | Mondo and Mindi are now included in <A HREF="http://www.mandrakelinux.com">Mandrake</A>,
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| 398 | <A HREF="http://www.gentoo.org">Gentoo</A>, Sorceror, <A HREF="http://www.debian.org">Debian</A>,
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| 399 | <A HREF="http://www.knoppix.org">Knoppix</A>, and soon <A HREF="http://www.arklinux.org">ArkLinux</A>.</P>
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| 400 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 401 | Mondo tries to work around the many eccentricities of the 100+
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| 402 | distributions out there. If you would like to work with me to
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| 403 | overcome the eccentricities of your distribution, please e-mail your
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| 404 | log file to the <A HREF="../feedback/feedback.html">mailing list</A>.</P>
|
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| 405 | <DIV ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 406 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 407 | <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="1">
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| 408 | <TR>
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| 409 | <TD WIDTH="25%" BGCOLOR="SILVER" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 410 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 411 | <B><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Linux Distribution</FONT></B></TD>
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| 412 | <TD WIDTH="25%" BGCOLOR="SILVER" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 413 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 414 | <B><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Mondo/Mindi versions tested</FONT></B></TD>
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| 415 | <TD WIDTH="25%" BGCOLOR="SILVER" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 416 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 417 | <B><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Backup experience</FONT></B></TD>
|
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| 418 | <TD WIDTH="25%" BGCOLOR="SILVER" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 419 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 420 | <B><FONT COLOR="BLACK">Restore experience</FONT></B></TD>
|
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| 421 | </TR>
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| 422 | <TR>
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| 423 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 424 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 425 | <A HREF="#corel">ClarkConnect</A></TD>
|
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| 426 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 427 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 428 | ?</TD>
|
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| 429 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 430 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 431 | <A HREF="http://www.contribs.org/contribs/thaynes/beta/ClarkConnect1.2/mondorescue/">Go
|
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| 432 | here</A></TD>
|
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| 433 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 434 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 435 | <A HREF="http://www.contribs.org/contribs/thaynes/beta/ClarkConnect1.2/mondorescue/">Go
|
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| 436 | here</A></TD>
|
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| 437 | </TR>
|
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| 438 | <TR>
|
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| 439 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 440 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 441 | <A HREF="#debian">Debian 3.0</A></TD>
|
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| 442 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 443 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 444 | 1.7x / 0.9x</TD>
|
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| 445 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
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| 446 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 447 | OK</TD>
|
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| 448 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 449 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 450 | OK</TD>
|
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| 451 | </TR>
|
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| 452 | <TR>
|
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| 453 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 454 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 455 | <A HREF="#esmith">e-Smith/SME 5.x</A></TD>
|
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| 456 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 457 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 458 | 1.7x / 0.9x</TD>
|
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| 459 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 460 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 461 | OK</TD>
|
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| 462 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 463 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 464 | OK</TD>
|
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| 465 | </TR>
|
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| 466 | <TR>
|
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| 467 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 468 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 469 | <A HREF="#gentoo">Gentoo 1.4</A></TD>
|
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| 470 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 471 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 472 | 1.6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
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| 473 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 474 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 475 | Varies. See <A HREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.newman2">Mark's
|
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| 476 | page</A></TD>
|
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| 477 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 478 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 479 | Varies. See <A HREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.newman2">Mark's
|
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| 480 | page</A></TD>
|
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| 481 | </TR>
|
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| 482 | <TR>
|
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| 483 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 484 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 485 | <A HREF="#mdk8x">Mandrake 8.x</A></TD>
|
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| 486 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 487 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 488 | 1.6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
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| 489 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 490 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 491 | OK</TD>
|
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| 492 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 493 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 494 | OK</TD>
|
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| 495 | </TR>
|
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| 496 | <TR>
|
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| 497 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 498 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 499 | <A HREF="#mdk9x">Mandrake 9.x</A></TD>
|
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| 500 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 501 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 502 | 1.6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
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| 503 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 504 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 505 | OK</TD>
|
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| 506 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 507 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 508 | OK</TD>
|
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| 509 | </TR>
|
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| 510 | <TR>
|
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| 511 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 512 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 513 | <A HREF="#rh6">Red Hat 6.x</A></TD>
|
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| 514 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 515 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 516 | 1.6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
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| 517 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 518 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 519 | use the failsafe kernel and other special packages</TD>
|
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| 520 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 521 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 522 | OK</TD>
|
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| 523 | </TR>
|
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| 524 | <TR>
|
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| 525 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 526 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 527 | <A HREF="#rh70">Red Hat 7.0</A></TD>
|
---|
| 528 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 529 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 530 | 1.6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
---|
| 531 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 532 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 533 | use the failsafe kernel and other special packages</TD>
|
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| 534 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 535 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 536 | OK</TD>
|
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| 537 | </TR>
|
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| 538 | <TR>
|
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| 539 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 540 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 541 | <A HREF="#redhat">Red Hat 7.1 thru 9</A></TD>
|
---|
| 542 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 543 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 544 | 1..6x / 0.8x</TD>
|
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| 545 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 546 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 547 | OK</TD>
|
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| 548 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 549 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 550 | OK</TD>
|
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| 551 | </TR>
|
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| 552 | <TR>
|
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| 553 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 554 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 555 | <A HREF="#slackware">Slackware 8.0</A></TD>
|
---|
| 556 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 557 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 558 | 1.07 / 0.33</TD>
|
---|
| 559 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 560 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 561 | OK</TD>
|
---|
| 562 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 563 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 564 | OK</TD>
|
---|
| 565 | </TR>
|
---|
| 566 | <TR>
|
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| 567 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 568 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 569 | <A HREF="#suse">SuSE 8.2</A></TD>
|
---|
| 570 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 571 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 572 | 1.6x / 0.8x<BR>
|
---|
| 573 | 1.7x / 0.9x</TD>
|
---|
| 574 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 575 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 576 | works well<BR>
|
---|
| 577 | works better</TD>
|
---|
| 578 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 579 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 580 | see <A HREF="http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike">Mike Roark's page</A></TD>
|
---|
| 581 | </TR>
|
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| 582 | <TR>
|
---|
| 583 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 584 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 585 | <A HREF="http://www.trustix.org">Trustix 2.0</A></TD>
|
---|
| 586 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 587 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 588 | 1.7x / 0.9x</TD>
|
---|
| 589 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 590 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 591 | OK</TD>
|
---|
| 592 | <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 593 | <P ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 594 | OK</TD>
|
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| 595 | </TR>
|
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| 596 | </TABLE></P>
|
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| 597 | </DIV>
|
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| 598 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 599 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
|
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| 600 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 601 | ClarkConnect</H2>
|
---|
| 602 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 603 | Please go to <A HREF="http://www.contribs.org/contribs/thaynes/beta/ClarkConnect1.2/mondorescue/">http://www.contribs.org/contribs/thaynes/beta/ClarkConnect1.2/mondorescue/</A>
|
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| 604 | for more info.</P>
|
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| 605 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 606 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
|
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| 607 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 608 | <A NAME="debian"></A>Debian 3.0</H2>
|
---|
| 609 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 610 | I have not yet managed to automate the rolling of nightly DEBs. In
|
---|
| 611 | the meantime, the excellent Héctor García Álvarez
|
---|
| 612 | has rolled some DEB's for Debian users. Please go here for the <A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages2.pl?keywords=mondo&searchon=names&version=all&release=all">Mondo</A>
|
---|
| 613 | or <A HREF="http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages2.pl?keywords=mindi&searchon=names&version=all&release=all">Mindi</A>
|
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| 614 | DEB files.</P>
|
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| 615 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 616 | It is sad that I used to badmouth Debian's distro for its long list
|
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| 617 | of eccentricities. While it is true that Debian is different from
|
---|
| 618 | other distros in many ways - some large, some small - recent releases
|
---|
| 619 | are much improved in terms of interoperability with other Linux
|
---|
| 620 | distros. For example, Debian 3.0's 2.4.18 kernel (available on CD#5
|
---|
| 621 | of the Debian installation CD set) is compatible with Mondo's kernel.
|
---|
| 622 | This is a tremendous achievement on the part of the Debian team, for
|
---|
| 623 | which much kudos is due.</P>
|
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| 624 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 625 | The occasional problem will still arise. Also, One user reports,
|
---|
| 626 | "It appears that the 'testing' package of Lilo that I was
|
---|
| 627 | running was missing boot.b files. I suppose there is an outside
|
---|
| 628 | chance that the boot.b files weren't carried over from the last
|
---|
| 629 | installation. Anyway, I've seen a bug report at packages.debian.org
|
---|
| 630 | about the lilo package in question not including boot.b files that it
|
---|
| 631 | normally should include. [...] Debian lilo package that came with the
|
---|
| 632 | install CDs for Debian 3.0 r0 worked. Debian lilo "testing"
|
---|
| 633 | package 22.2-3 had this missing boot.b file problem. Debian lilo
|
---|
| 634 | package 22.3.3-2 worked fine."</P>
|
---|
| 635 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 636 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
|
---|
| 637 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 638 | <A NAME="esmith"></A>e-Smith 5.x</H2>
|
---|
| 639 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 640 | I backed up and restored SME5. Thanks go to Gene Cooper for mailing
|
---|
| 641 | me the SMS CD (and several others, all of which are proving very
|
---|
| 642 | useful). SLES - an off-shoot of e-Smith [?] - was backed up and
|
---|
| 643 | restored correctly by Herman Knief recently. See Tom Haynes' <A HREF="http://www.culver.org/theacademies/laptop/mondo">HOWTO</A>
|
---|
| 644 | as well.</P>
|
---|
| 645 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 646 | I recently backed up and nuke-restored an e-Smith 5.6 machine w/
|
---|
| 647 | Mondo 1.7x and Mindi 0.9x; I had no trouble at all.</P>
|
---|
| 648 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 649 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
|
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| 650 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 651 | <A NAME="gentoo"></A>Gentoo 1.x</H2>
|
---|
| 652 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 653 | Mark Newman has put up a <A HREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.newman2">web
|
---|
| 654 | page</A> dedicated to helping Gentoo users use Mondo. It looks as if
|
---|
| 655 | Mondo works OK on Gentoo but there are still some eccentricities to
|
---|
| 656 | be ironed out. As soon as someone finds a full-featured Gentoo distro
|
---|
| 657 | on CD (one which doesn't require me to stay online for 3 days
|
---|
| 658 | downloading source code), I'll install Gentoo on a PC and hack some
|
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| 659 | code. BTW, Pazzop points out that the lock-breaking patch to the
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| 660 | Linux kernel can cause Mindi to freeze.</P>
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| 661 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 662 | <A NAME="mdk8x"></A>Mandrake 8.x</H2>
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| 663 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 664 | Please make sure your PATH environmental variable includes
|
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| 665 | /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/bin. If necessary, type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2">
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| 666 | export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH </FONT></FONT>before
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| 667 | you call mondoarchive.</P>
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| 668 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 669 | "You might want to mention under under the Mandrake notes to run
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| 670 | the programs with msec=2 or less. At levels 3,4,&5 issue.net gets
|
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| 671 | replaced with issue.net.msec. Most server installs are going to run
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| 672 | at msec=3 or higher." - Bill Dunlap</P>
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| 673 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 674 | <A NAME="mdk9x"></A>Mandrake 9.x</H2>
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| 675 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 676 | I backed up and nuke-restored Mandrake 8.2 and 9.1 on 9/22/03 with no
|
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| 677 | problems. However, on 10/23/03, I tried to backup and restore a
|
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| 678 | system running on a set of LVM-on-RAID partitions. I <I>did</I>
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| 679 | encounter a problem. For some reason, the RAID partition was not
|
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| 680 | large enough for the LVM logical drives. So, I edited the mountlist
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| 681 | in Interactive Mode to double the size of each partition to be
|
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| 682 | combined into the software RAID device. In other words, I increased
|
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| 683 | the logical size of /dev/md0. Then I went through the rest of the
|
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| 684 | interactive restore process - restoring all files, installing master
|
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| 685 | boot record, etc. - and everything went fine. When I rebooted,
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| 686 | everything came up OK.</P>
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| 687 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 688 | <A NAME="rh6"></A>Red Hat 6.x</H2>
|
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| 689 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 690 | I recently tried Mondo on Red Hat 6.0 for fun. What fun it was!
|
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| 691 | Despite being almost five years old, RH6 is a great distro. If you
|
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| 692 | want to run Mondo on it, here's how:-</P>
|
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| 693 | <OL>
|
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| 694 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
|
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| 695 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 696 | Download the <A HREF="../download/isos/mondo-install-cd.iso">Mondo
|
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| 697 | Install CD</A>. Burn it to a physical CD-R or CD-RW disk.</P>
|
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| 698 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
|
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| 699 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 700 | Sit down next to your Red Hat 6.0 system. Make sure you have
|
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| 701 | configured your CD writer. If you have not, you might have to do
|
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| 702 | something like this:-</P>
|
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| 703 | <UL>
|
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| 704 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 705 | Edit /etc/lilo.conf; add<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2">
|
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| 706 | append="hdb=ide-scsi" </FONT></FONT>(or similar) to make
|
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| 707 | sure your CD writer is treated as a SCSI device in future.</P>
|
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| 708 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 709 | Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local; <FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2">add
|
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| 710 | insmod ide-scsi </FONT></FONT>at its end; save the modified file.</P>
|
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| 711 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 712 | Type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2"> ln -sf /dev/scd0
|
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| 713 | /dev/cdrom </FONT></FONT>and then reboot your PC.</P>
|
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| 714 | </UL>
|
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| 715 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
|
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| 716 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 717 | Type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2"> mount /mnt/cdrom ;
|
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| 718 | /mnt/cdrom/setup </FONT></FONT>to install the software. When asked if
|
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| 719 | you want the stable or the development branch, please press S
|
---|
| 720 | followed by the Enter key. The Mondo Install CD will install the
|
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| 721 | missing packages.</P>
|
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| 722 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
|
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| 723 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 724 | Type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2"> umount /mnt/cdrom </FONT></FONT>and
|
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| 725 | then remove the CD from the drive.</P>
|
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| 726 | <LI CLASS="mvd-P">
|
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| 727 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 728 | To backup to CDs, type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2">
|
---|
| 729 | mondoarchive -k FAILSAFE -o -OVFg -c 8</FONT></FONT></P>
|
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| 730 | </OL>
|
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| 731 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 732 | If you want to backup to another storage format, e.g. tape, please
|
---|
| 733 | vary the command-line call accordingly. However, you <B>must</B> include<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2">
|
---|
| 734 | -k FAILSAFE -o </FONT></FONT>in your call to mondoarchive. I have not
|
---|
| 735 | yet managed to make isolinux play nicely with Red Hat 6.0, which is
|
---|
| 736 | why you must use LILO instead (hence the '-o' switch). Also, Red Hat
|
---|
| 737 | 6.0's kernel is not compatible with Mindi, so you must use Mondo's
|
---|
| 738 | failsafe kernel ('-k FAILSAFE'). This kernel will not support any
|
---|
| 739 | fancy hardware but it works fine for most purposes.</P>
|
---|
| 740 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 741 | Even if the failsafe kernel does not boot properly on your hardware,
|
---|
| 742 | all is not lost. In an emergency, simply reinstall the OS, install
|
---|
| 743 | Mondo on the PC, and then restore selectively from your backups. The
|
---|
| 744 | convenience of bare-metal restore would of course be lost in that
|
---|
| 745 | eventuality but your archives would still be available and useful.</P>
|
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| 746 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 747 | I plan to add Red Hat 6.2 to the mix in the next few days.</P>
|
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| 748 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 749 | <A NAME="rh70"></A>Red Hat 7.0</H2>
|
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| 750 | <P>
|
---|
| 751 | Type<FONT FACE="Courier New"><FONT SIZE="2"> insmod ide-scsi hdb </FONT></FONT>or
|
---|
| 752 | similar to get your CD writer working. Mount your Mondo Install CD
|
---|
| 753 | in your CD-ROM drive. Run the installer script - mnt/cdrom/setup -
|
---|
| 754 | and watch the show. Press Enter. Unmount the drive. Run mondoarchive
|
---|
| 755 | as per the manual (see 'man mondoarchive' for more info). <B>Use the
|
---|
| 756 | failsafe kernel!</B> Your stock 2.2.16 kernel is probably not
|
---|
| 757 | compatible with Mondo, which does not officially support the 2.2
|
---|
| 758 | kernel series.</P>
|
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| 759 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
---|
| 760 | <A NAME="redhat"></A>Red Hat 7.1 thru 9</H2>
|
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| 761 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 762 | Mondo v1.16 and Mindi v0.42 work just fine with the default Red Hat
|
---|
| 763 | 7.1 kernel and tools. You must first install afio, of course. All
|
---|
| 764 | Mondo/Mindi versions through v1.7x/0.9x work fine with pretty much
|
---|
| 765 | all Red Hat versions and variations from 7.2 onwards.</P>
|
---|
| 766 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 767 | "Following my earlier troubles on RH7.3 BETA, I can now report
|
---|
| 768 | that Mondo has just worked flawlessly on proper Red Hat 7.3 with a
|
---|
| 769 | custom kernel 2.4.19-pre8-ac2! I performed a full archive and booted
|
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| 770 | from CD#1 to do a 'compare', which passed without any apparent
|
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| 771 | problems." - Alastair Stevens</P>
|
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| 772 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 773 | Look at it this way. Red Hat has some hellacious QA procedures, so
|
---|
| 774 | even if you don't like what they're doing with KDE and GNOME, you
|
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| 775 | have to admit that they try very, very hard to release a stable, sane
|
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| 776 | Linux distribution which adheres to the few <I>de facto</I> and
|
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| 777 | formal standards which exist in the Linux world.</P>
|
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| 778 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 779 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
|
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| 780 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 781 | <A NAME="slackware"></A>Slackware 8.0</H2>
|
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| 782 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 783 | "I am using Slackware8/kernel 2.4.6/reiserfs and was able to do
|
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| 784 | a complete backup and restore using mondo-1.07/mindi-0.33. After
|
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| 785 | starting mondo-archive i got a friendly msg that my Slackware needed
|
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| 786 | afio and lilo.conf. (i use grub) before it could continue.</P>
|
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| 787 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
---|
| 788 | After a quick install of afio and editing my /etc/lilo.conf, i reran
|
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| 789 | mondo-archive and all went well, it burned my backup CD and after
|
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| 790 | rebooting the CD i was back up and running Slackware 8 . Works great!"</P>
|
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| 791 | <P ALIGN=RIGHT>
|
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| 792 | Mike Polniak <mikpolniak<I><B> at </B></I>adelphia <B><I>dot</I></B> net></P>
|
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| 793 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 794 | Interesting note, Newt won't build without the file:
|
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| 795 | /usr/include/popt.h which is part of the RPM package. It's not
|
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| 796 | something that you would normally install on a minimal Slackware
|
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| 797 | system, but it was needed. That might save someone some hunting in
|
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| 798 | the future.</P>
|
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| 799 | <P ALIGN=RIGHT>
|
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| 800 | <I>- Andy Glass</I></P>
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| 801 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
|
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| 802 | <A NAME="suse"></A>SuSE</H2>
|
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| 803 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 804 | SuSE 8.2 is supported. SuSE 9.0 will be soon. <B>NEW - </B>check out <A HREF="http://home.t-online.de/~jroark">Mike's
|
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| 805 | page</A> for SuSE users! It's groovy.</P>
|
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| 806 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 807 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
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| 808 | <H2 ALIGN=CENTER>
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| 809 | <A NAME="trustix"></A>Trustix 2.0</H2>
|
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| 810 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 811 | I backed up and nuke-restored a Trustix 2.0 system w/ Mondo 1.7x and
|
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| 812 | Mindi 0.9x on 9/22/03 without any problems.</P>
|
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| 813 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 814 | <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </P>
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| 816 | <A NAME="turbolinux"></A>TurboLinux 6.0.1</H2>
|
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| 817 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
|
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| 818 | No news yet.</P>
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