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| 37 | <A NAME="FAQGENERAL"></A>10.2. General</H1>
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| 39 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 40 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN496">What is "Mindi"?</A><BR>
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| 41 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN501">Why is it
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| 42 | called "Mondo"?</A><BR>
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| 43 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN506">Mondo does not
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| 44 | work on my system. It keels over and dies. What's wrong?</A><BR>
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| 45 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN511">What if the
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| 46 | error is in Mindi?</A><BR>
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| 47 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN516">Can I trust Mondo?</A><BR>
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| 48 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN522">How do I report
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| 49 | a bug?</A><BR>
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| 50 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN527">I think Mondo
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| 51 | should (...insert suggestion here...) and I have rewritten it
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| 52 | accordingly. Would you like to see my patch?</A><BR>
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| 53 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN532">I think Mondo
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| 54 | should (...insert suggestion here...); will you incorporate this
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| 55 | feature for me, please?</A><BR>
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| 56 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN537">Mondo says,
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| 57 | "XXX is missing," and then terminates. What's wrong?</A><BR>
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| 58 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN543">Can Mondo
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| 59 | handle multi-CD backups and restores?</A><BR>
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| 60 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN548">Can Mondo
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| 61 | handle Linux/Windows dual-boot systems?</A><BR>
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| 62 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN553">Can Mondo
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| 63 | backup Windows-only systems?</A><BR>
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| 64 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN558">Does Mondo
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| 65 | support LVM?</A><BR>
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| 66 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN563">What if I don't
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| 67 | use LILO? What if I use GRUB?</A><BR>
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| 68 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN568">Mondoarchive
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| 69 | (or mondorestore) segfaults when I run it. What could be wrong?</A><BR>
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| 70 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN573">I get the
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| 71 | error, 'Cannot find /tmp/dev.0' or 'Cannot mount device 0x0701'; what
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| 72 | do I do?</A><BR>
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| 73 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN578">Can I create a
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| 74 | Mondo CD and then use it to create an archive of any OS on any PC?</A><BR>
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| 75 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN583">Why do you
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| 76 | insist on putting floppy disk images on Mondo CD? They waste space
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| 77 | and I never use them. The CD works just fine, so why keep the floppy
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| 78 | disk images?</A><BR>
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| 79 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN588">Why doesn't the
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| 80 | Mondo project have a cool-looking animal logo?</A><BR>
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| 81 | <DT CLASS="mvd-P">Q: <A HREF="faqgeneral.html#AEN593">Is there a
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| 82 | Mondo user 'Code of Conduct?</A></P>
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| 83 | </DL>
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| 84 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 85 | <A NAME="AEN496"></A><B>Q: </B>What is "Mindi"?</P>
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| 86 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 87 | <B>A: </B>Mindi, a.k.a. Mindi-Linux, makes a mini-distribution from
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| 88 | your kernel, modules, modules, tools and libraries. It can also
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| 89 | generate an El Torito 2.88MB boot disk image. Mondo uses Mindi to
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| 90 | create a mini-distro, then boots from it and runs on it.</P>
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| 91 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 92 | <A NAME="AEN501"></A><B>Q: </B>Why is it called "Mondo"?</P>
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| 94 | <B>A: </B>The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles described cool things as
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| 95 | 'mondo'. I wasn't sure what to call this project. 'Faust' was one
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| 96 | idea I had, partly as a dig at my former boss who practically owned
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| 97 | me because of my legal status at the time. In the end, I chose
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| 98 | something short and distinctive.</P>
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| 99 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 100 | <A NAME="AEN506"></A><B>Q: </B>Mondo does not work on my system. It
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| 101 | keels over and dies. What's wrong?</P>
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| 102 | <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY>
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| 103 | <B>A: </B>It works on Red Hat 7.x, Linux-Mandrake 8.x, some flavors
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| 104 | of SuSE, some flavors of Slackware, some flavors of Debian, etc. The
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| 105 | more distributions I support, the more moving targets I have to hit.
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| 106 | Please bear this in mind when e-mailing the list. :) If you would
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| 107 | like to help me by beta-testing Mondo (or Mindi) on your PC then I
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| 108 | would be very interested in working with you to work around the
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| 109 | eccentricities of your Linux distro. However, rest assured, 90% of
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| 110 | the bugs reported to me are actually symptoms of FooLinux X.Y's
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| 111 | unique way of doing things.</P>
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| 113 | <A NAME="AEN511"></A><B>Q: </B>What if the error is in Mindi?</P>
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| 114 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 115 | <B>A: </B>Then send me a copy of /var/log/mindi.log (compressed,
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| 116 | please) along with a description of your distro, your kernel, etc.
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| 117 | Oh, and before sending it, <I>please read it.</I></P>
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| 118 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 119 | <A NAME="AEN516"></A><B>Q: </B>Can I trust Mondo?</P>
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| 120 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 121 | <B>A: </B>Mondo has generated reliable archives since May 2000. I
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| 122 | have lost data by using bad CD-R disks and not verifying their
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| 123 | contents. Some users have not tried booting from their CD until
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| 124 | crunch time. Remember to boot into Compare Mode to verify the backup
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| 125 | before you trust it. If Mondo did not work, you would not be reading
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| 126 | this. If it does not work for you, your kernel is usually the
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| 127 | culprit. Check <A HREF="kernelsupport.html">Linux Kernel support</A>
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| 128 | to see what your kernel should support. Please e-mail the list (or
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| 129 | me) if you need some help with this.</P>
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| 130 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 131 | <A NAME="AEN522"></A><B>Q: </B>How do I report a bug?</P>
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| 132 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 133 | <B>A: </B>E-mail the bug report (mondo.err.xxxxx.tgz) to me. If you
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| 134 | want to discuss it, please e-mail the list. The list is for talking;
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| 135 | my e-mail address is for big files. :-) If you don't send me a
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| 136 | logfile then there isn't a lot that I can do for you, so PLEASE
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| 137 | include a logfile at the very least. Or, pop into #mondo on
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| 138 | irc.redhat.com and see if I'm there.</P>
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| 139 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 140 | <A NAME="AEN527"></A><B>Q: </B>I think Mondo should (...insert
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| 141 | suggestion here...) and I have rewritten it accordingly. Would you
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| 142 | like to see my patch?</P>
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| 143 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 144 | <B>A: </B>Absolutely! :-) The best way for you to make Mondo do what
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| 145 | you want is to modify it and then send me the patch. That way, we can
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| 146 | all benefit.</P>
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| 147 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 148 | <A NAME="AEN532"></A><B>Q: </B>I think Mondo should (...insert
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| 149 | suggestion here...); will you incorporate this feature for me, please?</P>
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| 150 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 151 | <B>A: </B>I'll definitely think about it. Would you like to help?</P>
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| 153 | <A NAME="AEN537"></A><B>Q: </B>Mondo says, "XXX is missing,"
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| 154 | and then terminates. What's wrong?</P>
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| 155 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 156 | <B>A: </B>A good Linux distribution should contain XXX but the
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| 157 | designers, in their infinite wisdom, decided not to include that
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| 158 | particular tool. Check <A HREF="linuxpackages.html">Related Linux Packages</A>
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| 159 | and install the missing package. If that fails, contact the
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| 160 | vendor/distributor/manufacturer/designer of your distro.</P>
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| 161 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 162 | <A NAME="AEN543"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo handle multi-CD backups and restores?</P>
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| 163 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 164 | <B>A: </B>Yes, up to twenty CD per set. This 20-CD limit results from
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| 165 | laziness on my part. I can remove it at any time. However, if your
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| 166 | system occupies more than 20 CD, may I recommend that you invest in a
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| 167 | tape streamer?</P>
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| 168 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 169 | <A NAME="AEN548"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo handle Linux/Windows
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| 170 | dual-boot systems?</P>
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| 171 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 172 | <B>A: </B>Yes. If your system currently boots into Linux or Windows
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| 173 | via LILO, you can backup and restore both OSes at the same time using
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| 174 | Mondo. If you are using NTFS then add the switch, '-x <device>'.</P>
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| 175 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 176 | <A NAME="AEN553"></A><B>Q: </B>Can Mondo backup Windows-only systems?</P>
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| 177 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 178 | <B>A: </B>Sure, if you pay me to play catch-up to Microsoft. ;)
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| 179 | Seriously, Mondo <I>can</I> do it but I do not give away the
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| 180 | functionality. If you are a Microsoft-only user, you are accusomed to
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| 181 | paying for software and technical support. Please e-mail me for more information.</P>
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| 182 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 183 | <A NAME="AEN558"></A><B>Q: </B>Does Mondo support LVM?</P>
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| 184 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 185 | <B>A: </B>Mondo supports LVM, yes. Mondo backs up and restores your
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| 186 | existing setup but it does not make it easy for you to change your
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| 187 | LVM configuration. You have to edit /tmp/i-want-my-lvm at boot-time
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| 188 | to do that.</P>
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| 189 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 190 | <A NAME="AEN563"></A><B>Q: </B>What if I don't use LILO? What if I
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| 191 | use GRUB?</P>
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| 192 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 193 | <B>A: </B>GRUB is supported by Mondo.</P>
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| 194 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 195 | <A NAME="AEN568"></A><B>Q: </B>Mondoarchive (or mondorestore)
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| 196 | segfaults when I run it. What could be wrong?</P>
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| 197 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 198 | <B>A: </B>Install from tarball instead of RPM. (Or, try RPM if you
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| 199 | just installed from tarball.) Your compiler or your libraries may be
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| 200 | fubar. We'll see. If that doesn't work then please e-mail the <A HREF="../../feedback/feedback.html">mailing
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| 201 | list</A>.</P>
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| 202 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 203 | <A NAME="AEN573"></A><B>Q: </B>I get the error, 'Cannot find
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| 204 | /tmp/dev.0' or 'Cannot mount device 0x0701'; what do I do?</P>
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| 205 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 206 | <B>A: </B>Please free up /dev/loop0 using 'losetup /dev/loop0 -d' to
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| 207 | unmount that loop device. If your OS will not let you do that,
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| 208 | contact your local support group or Linux vendor.</P>
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| 209 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 210 | <A NAME="AEN578"></A><B>Q: </B>Can I create a Mondo CD and then use
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| 211 | it to create an archive of any OS on any PC?</P>
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| 212 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 213 | <B>A: </B>Not yet. You can use Mondo to backup Linux or Linux/Windows
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| 214 | dual boot. One day, Mondo will let you backup partitions it can't
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| 215 | read or write, by treating each partition as one long file to be
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| 216 | backed up. This file will be chopped, compressed and archived like
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| 217 | any other big file.</P>
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| 218 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 219 | <A NAME="AEN583"></A><B>Q: </B>Why do you insist on putting floppy
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| 220 | disk images on Mondo CD? They waste space and I never use them. The
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| 221 | CD works just fine, so why keep the floppy disk images?</P>
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| 222 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 223 | <B>A: </B>Because of my old college buddy, Justin Case. If you
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| 224 | really, truly want them gone then please submit a patch to make them optional.</P>
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| 226 | <A NAME="AEN588"></A><B>Q: </B>Why doesn't the Mondo project have a
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| 227 | cool-looking animal logo?</P>
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| 228 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 229 | <B>A: </B>Excellent question! Please submit graphics of candidate
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| 230 | animal logos!</P>
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| 232 | <A NAME="AEN593"></A><B>Q: </B>Is there a Mondo user 'Code of Conduct?</P>
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| 233 | <P ALIGN=LEFT>
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| 234 | <B>A: </B>Yes. Read the HOWTO. Submit patches. Recommend realistic
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| 235 | improvements. Be courteous to other users on the discussion list. Do
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| 236 | not whine.</P>
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