| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Andree Leidenfrost
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| 23 | .TH MINDI 8 "DDD" "Mondo Rescue VVV-rRRR"
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| 24 | .SH NAME
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| 25 | mindi \- a tool for creating boot/root disks
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| 26 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 27 | .B mindi
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| 28 | .br
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| 29 | .BR "mindi -v"| " --version"| " -V"| " -version"
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| 30 | .br
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| 31 | .BI "mindi --findkernel"
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| 32 | .br
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| 33 | .BI "mindi --makemountlist "file
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| 34 | .br
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| 35 | .BI "mindi --usb "device
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| 36 | .br
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| 37 | .BI "mindi [--max-compressed-size "max "] --custom " parameters
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| 38 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 39 | .PP
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| 40 | .B mindi
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| 41 | creates a set of boot/root floppy disk images and/or a bootable ISO/USB image using
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| 42 | files from the system it runs on.
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| 43 | .B mindi
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| 44 | will try hard to reproduce the environment of its host system including loaded
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| 45 | modules to ensure that the system can be booted properly from the created
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| 46 | rescue media.
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| 47 | .B mindi
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| 48 | is used by
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| 49 | .B monodarchive(8)
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| 50 | to produce the required boot/root floppy or USB/ISO images but can also be used
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| 51 | stand-alone.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | For stand-alone usage,
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| 54 | .B mindi
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| 55 | is called without any parameters or switches. It will then interactively ask
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| 56 | the user for all information required to create a set of boot/root media.
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| 57 | .LP
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| 58 | The probably more frequent way of calling
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| 59 | .B mindi
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| 60 | is non-interactively from
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| 61 | .B mondoarchive(8)
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| 62 | using the
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| 63 | .B --custom
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| 64 | switch. All required information is then provided via command line parameters.
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| 65 | The sequence of these parameters is listed below.
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| 66 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 67 | .TP
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| 68 | .BI "-v"| " --version"| " -V"| " -version"
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| 69 | .RI Prints the version of mindi.
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| 70 | .TP
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| 71 | .BI "--findkernel"
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| 72 | .RI Finds the image of the running kernel in the file system.
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| 73 | .TP
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| 74 | .BI "--makemountlist "file
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| 75 | .RI "Creates a mount list and writes it to file "file ".
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| 76 | .TP
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| 77 | .BI "--usb "device
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| 78 | .RI Create a bootable USB device
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| 79 | .TP
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| 80 | .BI "--max-compressed-size "max
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| 81 | Maximum size for disk image in KB.
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| 82 | .TP
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| 83 | .BI "--custom " parameters
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| 84 | .RI "Provide all required parameters to"
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| 85 | .B mindi
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| 86 | .RI "for non-interactive calling. This usually means a call from"
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| 87 | .BR "mondoarchive(8)".
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| 88 | The following parameters are used:
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| 89 | .br
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| 90 | 01) directory to use for temporary files
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| 91 | .br
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| 92 | 02) directory to put disk images in
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| 93 | .br
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| 94 | 03) path to kernel image
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| 95 | .br
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| 96 | 04) tape device
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| 97 | .br
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| 98 | 05) tape size [MB]
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| 99 | .br
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| 100 | 06) total number of files in file list
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| 101 | .br
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| 102 | 07) use LZO [yes|no]
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| 103 | .br
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| 104 | 08) CD recovery media [yes|no]
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| 105 | .br
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| 106 | 09) devices to include
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| 107 | .br
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| 108 | 10) conservative LiLo settings [yes|no]
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| 109 | .br
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| 110 | 11) number of last file list
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| 111 | .br
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| 112 | 12) estimated total number of slices
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| 113 | .br
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| 114 | 13) devices to exclude
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| 115 | .br
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| 116 | 14) compare mode [yes|no]
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| 117 | .br
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| 118 | 15) use lilo [yes|no]
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| 119 | .br
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| 120 | 16) use star (rather than tar) [yes|no]
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| 121 | .br
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| 122 | 17) internal tape block size [bytes]
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| 123 | .br
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| 124 | 18) number of diffenrential backup
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| 125 | .br
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| 126 | 19) make non-bootable [yes|no]
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| 127 | .br
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| 128 | 20) use gzip [yes|no]
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| 129 | .br
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| 130 | (Blank parameters must be specified as "" on the command line.)
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| 131 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS
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| 132 | .B mindi
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| 133 | writes some output to the console and extensive information to log file
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| 134 | .IR /var/log/mindi.log ".
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| 135 | When seeking technical support for
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| 136 | .BR "mindi",
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| 137 | please attach this file to your email.
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| 138 | .SH FILES
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| 139 | .TP
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| 140 | .I /var/log/mindi.log
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| 141 | Log file of mindi run. Contains important information to analyze mindi problem
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| 142 | reports.
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| 143 | .TP
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| 144 | .I /etc/mindi/deplist.txt
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| 145 | List of files to be included on boot/root disks.
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| 146 | .TP
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| 147 | .I /var/cache/mindi/N.tar.gz
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| 148 | Number N of multiple tar balls together containing root file system for rescue
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| 149 | media.
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| 150 | .TP
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| 151 | .I /var/cache/mindi/all.tar.gz
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| 152 | Single tar ball of root file system for rescue media.
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| 153 | .TP
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| 154 | .I /var/cache/mindi/initrd.img
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| 155 | initrd image for bootable ISO image.
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| 156 | .TP
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| 157 | .I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-boot.F.img
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| 158 | .B mindi
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| 159 | boot floppy of size F [KB].
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| 160 | .TP
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| 161 | .I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-root.F.img
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| 162 | .B mindi
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| 163 | root floppy of size F [KB].
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| 164 | .TP
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| 165 | .I /var/cache/mindi/mindi-data.N.img
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| 166 | .B mindi
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| 167 | data floppy number N for boot/root floppies.
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| 168 | .TP
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| 169 | .I /var/cache/mindi/mindi.iso
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| 170 | .B mindi
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| 171 | bootable ISO image.
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| 172 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 173 | mondoarchive(8), mondorestore(8).
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| 174 | .TP
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| 175 | See mailing list at http://www.mondorescue.org for technical support.
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| 176 | .SH AUTHORS
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| 177 | Bruno Cornec (lead-development)
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| 178 | .I "bruno_at_mondorescue.org"
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| 179 | .br
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| 180 | Andree Leidenfrost (co-developper)
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| 181 | .I "aleidenf_at_bigpond.net.au"
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| 182 | .br
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| 183 | .SH ORIGINAL AUTHORS
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| 184 | Hugo Rabson (original author)
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| 185 | .I "hugo.rabson_at_mondorescue.org"
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| 186 | .br
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| 187 | Jesse Keating (packaging)
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| 188 | .I "hosting_at_j2solutions.net"
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| 189 | .br
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| 190 | Stan Benoit (testing)
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| 191 | .I "troff_at_nakedsoul.org"
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| 192 | .br
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| 193 | Mikael Hultgren (docs)
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| 194 | .I "mikael_hultgren_at_gmx.net"
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| 195 | .br
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| 196 | .
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