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