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| 38 | <A NAME="FAQBACKUP"></A>10.6. Backup</H1>
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| 41 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="#MMKM">Mondo says, 'Cannot run mindi
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| 42 | --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?</A><BR>
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| 43 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN748">Can Mondo burn
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| 44 | CD as they are created?</A><BR>
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| 45 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN753">When I try to
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| 46 | backup to CD, cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears
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| 47 | to be wrong. What do I do?</A><BR>
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| 48 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN758">Mondo failed to
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| 49 | burn my CD. It said something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53
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| 50 | ..." and so on. What does that mean?</A><BR>
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| 51 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN763">May I backup my
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| 52 | system with one partition layout and restore with another?</A><BR>
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| 53 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN775">Why does Mondo
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| 54 | need so much free disk space?</A><BR>
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| 55 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN780">Will Mondo
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| 56 | backup partitions whose formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?</A><BR>
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| 57 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN785">I am trying to
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| 58 | do something clever, e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS mount, and I get
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| 59 | some weird error messages. What do I do?</A><BR>
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| 60 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN790">Can Mondo backup
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| 61 | to data files on another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?</A><BR>
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| 62 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN795">Can Mondo backup
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| 63 | _to_ an NFS partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?</A><BR>
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| 64 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN801">Does Mondo
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| 65 | handle System or Hidden attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?</A><BR>
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| 66 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqbackup.html#AEN806">Why do you
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| 67 | include IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to
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| 68 | Microsoft and are copyrighted?</A></P>
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| 70 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P"><B><A NAME="MMKM"></A>Q:</B> Mondo says, 'Cannot
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| 71 | run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?</P>
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| 73 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P"><B>A:</B> Look at /var/log/mindi.log and see what
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| 74 | it says. Also, try typing 'mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt'
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| 75 | to see what Mindi says. Compress the log and send it to the mailing
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| 76 | list if you get stuck.</P>
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| 77 | </DL>
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| 79 | <A NAME="AEN748"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo burn CD as they are created?</P>
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| 81 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Use the '-Oc <speed>' switch. Use a negative
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| 82 | number for a dummy burn.</P>
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| 84 | <A NAME="AEN753"></A><B>Q: </B>When I try to backup to CD,
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| 85 | cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be wrong.
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| 86 | What do I do?</P>
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| 88 | <B>A: </B>Upgrade cdrecord and mkisofs.</P>
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| 90 | <A NAME="AEN758"></A><B>Q: </B>Mondo failed to burn my CD. It said
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| 91 | something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on. What
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| 92 | does that mean?</P>
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| 94 | <B>A: </B>Cdrecord reported some serious errors while trying to burn
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| 95 | your CD. Check your CD burner, your CD-R and your kernel.</P>
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| 97 | <A NAME="AEN763"></A><B>Q: </B>May I backup my system with one
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| 98 | partition layout and restore with another?</P>
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| 100 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Boot in Interactive Mode and edit the mountlist using
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| 101 | the snazzy new mountlist editor. Mondo can now edit your RAID
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| 102 | partitions for you. Just open /dev/md0 (or whatever) and select
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| 103 | "RAID.." to start. Or, to add a RAID device:</P>
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| 107 | Add two or more partitions, of type and mountpoint 'raid'</P>
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| 110 | Add device '/dev/md0' and click OK</P>
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| 113 | Follow the prompts and your own common-sense :)</P>
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| 116 | <A NAME="AEN775"></A><B>Q: </B>Why does Mondo need so much free disk space?</P>
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| 118 | <B>A: </B>Because I'm a bitter, twisted man who lives to torment you.
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| 119 | Mwahahahaha! :-) Mondo has to work around the inadequacies of
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| 120 | mkisofs, cdrecord and your own Linux distribution; in return, it asks
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| 121 | for a lot of free disk space.</P>
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| 123 | <A NAME="AEN780"></A><B>Q: </B>Will Mondo backup partitions whose
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| 124 | formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?</P>
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| 126 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Use '-x <device>'. (You can have more than one device.)</P>
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| 128 | <A NAME="AEN785"></A><B>Q: </B>I am trying to do something clever,
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| 130 | messages. What do I do?</P>
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| 132 | <B>A: </B>Well, (a) use '-T /tmp' or '-T /home' or something in your
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| 133 | call to Mondo. Oh, and (b) send me /var/log/mondo-archive.log, please :-)</P>
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| 135 | <A NAME="AEN790"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo backup to data files on
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| 136 | another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?</P>
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| 138 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Just backup as usual but add '-d /mnt/nfs' or wherever
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| 139 | your partition is mounted; don't use '-Oc' or '-Ot' at all; just '-Oi
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| 140 | -d /root'. Then, after booting from the floppies which Mondo
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| 141 | generates, you need to type 'ISO' at the console.</P>
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| 143 | <A NAME="AEN795"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo backup _to_ an NFS
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| 144 | partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?</P>
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| 146 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Use '-On <mount> <directory>'. On my
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| 147 | system, I use:</P>
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| 154 | COLOR="BLACK">bash# mondoarchive -On 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs </FONT></TD></TR>
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| 158 | <A NAME="AEN801"></A><B>Q: </B>Does Mondo handle System or Hidden
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| 159 | attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?</P>
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| 161 | <B>A: </B>No. It probably never will, either. Sorry.</P>
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| 163 | <A NAME="AEN806"></A><B>Q: </B>Why do you include IO.SYS and
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| 164 | MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to Microsoft and are copyrighted?</P>
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| 166 | <B>A: </B>Well, I used to, but I don't anymore. However, if you do
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| 167 | have a Windows partition, you can still use 'format-and-kludge-vfat
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| 168 | <DEVICE>/' to format and make bootable a VFAT partition. AFAIK,
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| 169 | I am the only person to write a Linux equivalent of the DOS
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