source: MondoRescue/devel/design@ 3226

Last change on this file since 3226 was 2648, checked in by Bruno Cornec, 14 years ago

r3873@localhost: bruno | 2010-06-10 12:28:15 +0200

  • Big renaming in progress mindi => mrmini
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1- Works for multiple interface types (text, curses, X, Web easily)
2- Works with conf files a la pb
3- Works with plugins for Boot Loader, Disks layout and types, Virtual disk layer, Real disk layer
4- Works with different fstab contents
5- Works with multiple network backend
6- Works with multiple device target (real, virtual)
7- Works for cloning as for DR
8- Works in chroot/live CD/live system
9
10
11Name of commands:
12mrarchive: tool to create MondoRescue archives
13mrrestore: tool to create MondoRescue restore
14mrmini: tool to create MondoRescue mini distribution
15
16mrmini design:
17
18Goal is to create a bootable env contaning everything suited for DR/Cloning from the running system
19It should
20
21 - Initialize all what is needed (tmp dir, UI, syntax, ...)
22 - get parameters from user bsed on conf file opions
23
24 - get the boot loader info
25
26 = Thee steps should be isolated in a lower stack (MondoRescue::Inventory) to be usable elsewhere
27 - get all the FW info (when available)
28 - get all the HW disk info (including Raid controllers)
29 - get all the SW disk info (partitions)
30 - get all logical layer info (LVM, EVMS, ...)
31 - get all the FS layer info (deal with UUID/LABELS/...)
32
33 - get kernel info (keep failsafe support)
34 - deal with mandatory devices (kbd, USB CD, ...)
35 - get all the mandatory tools needed + deps
36 - create initrd/initramfs/... suited
37 - get device driver support info (udev/devfs/...)
38 - get the right list of dev. drivers
39
40 - get target boot device details
41 - generate target boot files/info (conf file format)
42 - optional generate boot media
43
44 - manages mondoarchive interface
45
46 - Interface can be dialog based + a static text window which contains a log of actions done and running
47
48
49Mondoarchive design
50
51Mondorestore design
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