Changeset 270 in MondoRescue for trunk/mondo

Timestamp:

Dec 30, 2005, 9:52:54 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

andree

Message:

Replace the contents of the README files for mondo and mindi with
something hopefully slightly more useful.
Given that MondoRescue hosting is in a state of flux, I'll be happy to
update things once the dust has settled (or before if required).

File:

• trunk/mondo/README (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/mondo/README

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-$Id$
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-Please see the QuickStart section of Mondo's manual--                           10/19/2002
+Introduction
+============
 
-http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/docs.html
-or
-/usr/share/doc/mondo-x.xx/
+MondoRescue is the premier GPL disaster recovery suite for Linux/FreeBSD.
+
+This is the Mondo part of MondoRescue. Mondo comprises the mondoarchive and
+mondorescue tools that carry out the actual backups and and restores. The part
+of MondoReccue responsible for creating boot media is called Mindi and
+available in a separate package.
+
+MondoRescue is reliable. It backs up your server or workstation to tape, CD-R,
+CD-RW, DVD, NFS or hard disk partition. In the event of catastrophic data loss,
+you will be able to restore all of your data [or as much as you want], from
+bare metal if necessary. MondoRescue is in use by numerous blue-chip
+enterprises and large organizations, dozens of smaller companies, and tens of
+thousands of users.
+
+MondoRescue is comprehensive. MondoRescue supports LVM, RAID, ext2, ext3, JFS,
+XFS, ReiserFS, VFAT, and can support additional file systems easily. It
+supports adjustments in disk geometry, including migration from non-RAID to
+RAID. MondoRescue runs on all major Linux distributions and FreeBSD and is
+getting better all the time. You may even use it to backup non-Linux
+partitions, such as NTFS.
 
 
+Installation
+============
 
-Word!
+You can get the latest packages from
+http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2524.
+
+Please see file 'INSTALL' for instructions about how to build and install
+Mondo. Note that your distribution may already contain MondoRescue, so all you
+may have to do is install the mondo package and you are all set.
 
 
+Documentation
+=============
 
+Various documentation is available on the MondoRescue website at 
+http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/docs.html. This documentation may also be
+available locally under /usr/share/doc/mondo-<version> or similar (or under
+/usr/local).
+
+Further to that, there are manpages for mondoarchive(8) and mondorestore(8).
+
+
+Support
+=======
+
+Apart from the above-mentioned documentation, there is a Wiki with growing
+contents at the following URL: http://developer.berlios.de/wiki/?group_id=2524.
+
+Also, there is a mailing list mondo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. Please go to
+https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mondo-devel for further
+information and the opportunity to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the list.