Changeset 328 in MondoRescue


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Timestamp:
Jan 17, 2006, 11:42:18 AM (19 years ago)
Author:
bcornec
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Documentation work goes on:

  • 20 new sgml chunks integrated
  • Makefile really working now for the first case
  • FDL now has ids
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     12    #docbook2ps -d $(TARGET).dsl'#print' -o $(TARGET).ps $(TARGET).sgml
     13    docbook2ps $(TARGET).sgml
     14    hugelatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
     15    hugelatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
     16    hugelatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
     17    dvips $(TARGET).dvi -o $(TARGET).ps
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    15     mkdir -p $(TARGET)
    16     cd $(TARGET)
    17     docbook2html -d $(TARGET).dsl'#html' $(TARGET).sgml
    18     cd ..
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     21    docbook2html -d $(TARGET).dsl'#html' -o $(TARGET) $(TARGET).sgml
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    2326$(TARGET).pdf: $(SRC) $(DSL) $(IMAGES)
    24     docbook2html -u -d $(TARGET).dsl'#pdf' -o $(TARGET).pdf $(TARGET).sgml
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     28    hugepdflatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
     29    hugepdflatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
     30    hugepdflatex -fmt=jadetex -mltex $(TARGET).tex
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    133133    <title>COPYING IN QUANTITY</title>
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    172172  </sect1>
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     174  <sect1 id="fdl-modif" label="4">
    175175    <title>MODIFICATIONS</title>
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    303303  </sect1>
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    306306    <title>COMBINING DOCUMENTS</title>
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    387387    <title>TERMINATION</title>
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    397397  </sect1>
    398398
    399   <sect1 label="10">
     399  <sect1 id="fdl-futurerev" label="10">
    400400    <title>FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</title>
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    421421    <title>How to use this License for your documents</title>
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    99
    1010<book>
     11
    1112<bookinfo>
    1213<title>MondoRescue HOWTO</title>
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    1718
    1819<pubdate>
    19 
    2020in its latest version the
    21 &curdate;</pubdate>
     21&curdate;
     22</pubdate>
     23
    2224<abstract>
    2325<para>
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    3133</para>
    3234</abstract>
     35
    3336<author>
    3437<firstname>Bruno</firstname>
    … …  
    4750Bryan J. Smith
    4851-->
     52
    4953<copyright>
    5054<year>2000-2006</year>
    5155<holder role="mailto:bcornec@users.berlios.de">Bruno Cornec</holder>
    5256</copyright>
     57
    5358<legalnotice>
    5459<title>License</title>
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    6772, or even if it breaks the hardware. All the software included in it, if not alr
    6873eady copyrighted is released under the GPL.
    69 
    7074</para>
    7175</legalnotice>
     76
    7277<revhistory>
    73 <revnumber>2.06</revnumber>
    74 <date>2006-01-16</date>
    75 <authorinitials>Bruno Cornec</authorinitials>
    76 <revdescription>
    77 <para>
    78 First SGML version publically available, remade from the HTML docs of the project.
    79 </para>
    80 </revdescription>
     78<revision>
     79    <revnumber>2.06</revnumber>
     80    <date>2006-01-16</date>
     81    <authorinitials>Bruno Cornec</authorinitials>
     82    <revdescription>
     83    <para>
     84    First SGML version publically available, remade from the HTML docs of the project.
     85    </para>
     86    </revdescription>
    8187</revision>
    8288</revhistory>
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    114120However, software editors don't garantee you a lot either (re-read the contracts).
    115121</para>
    116 
    117 <sect2 id="newversion"><title>New versions of this document</title>
     122</sect1>
     123
     124<sect1 id="newversion"><title>New versions of this document</title>
    118125
    119126<para>The newest version of this document can always be found on
    … …  
    122129If you make a translation of this document into another language, please let meknow so that I can include a reference to it here.
    123130</para>
    124 </sect2>
    125 <sect2><title>Suggestions / Feedback</title>
     131</sect1>
     132
     133<sect1><title>Suggestions / Feedback</title>
    126134<para>
    127135I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. THis HOWTO is probably incomplete even if it tries to be accurate to the best of our knowledge.
    … …  
    148156any tangible help because you aren't either. That's what the log
    149157file is for. It is located at <filename>/var/log/mondo-archive.log</filename>; and <filename>/var/log/miindi.log</filename> or at <filename>/var/log/mondo-restore.log</filename>
     158</para>
    150159<para>
    151160This document was originaly written by native english speakers, but is maintained by a non-native english speaker so help me correct mistaques instead of rumbling that I've done one :-)
    … …  
    159168Guylhem AZNAR <email>guylhem@rrremovethis.oeil.qc.ca</email>.
    160169</para>
    161 </sect2>
    162 
    163 <sect2 id=thanks><title>Aknowledgements</title>
     170</sect1>
     171
     172<sect1 id=thanks><title>Aknowledgements</title>
    164173
    165174<para>Thanks goes to these people for helping and adding to this
    … …  
    212221</itemizedlist>
    213222
    214 </sect2>
    215 
    216 <sect1 id="quickstart"><title>QuickStart</title>
     223</sect1>
     224</chapter>
     225
     226<chapter id="quickstart"><title>QuickStart</title>
    217227<itemizedlist mark="bullet" spacing="Compact">
    218228<listitem>
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    223233<listitem>
    224234<para>Install the tarball, RPM, or DEB mindi and mondo
    225 packages. (see <xref linkend="installation">Installation</xref>
     235packages. (see <link linkend="installation">Installation</link>
    226236for more details)</para>
    227237</listitem>
    … …  
    447457<para>If you can boot, fine. If not, make a Mindi "Test" CD to
    448458checkout the compatibility of your system. (see
    449 <xref linkend="testingmindi">Testing Mindi</xref> for more
     459<link linkend="testingmindi">Testing Mindi</link> for more
    450460details). Remove the CD/floppy; boot your computer as usual;
    451461execute as root</para>
    … …  
    493503<listitem>
    494504<para>If you still cannot boot from Mindi's CD then please e-mail
    495 the <xref linkend="feedback">mailing list</xref> for help.
     505the <link linkend="feedback">mailing list</link> for help.
    496506</para>
    497507</listitem>
    … …  
    577587</itemizedlist>
    578588
    579 </sect1>
     589</chapter>
     590
     591<chapter id="overview"><title>Overview</title>
     592
     593<sect1 id="mondorescue">
     594<title>Mondo Rescue</title>
     595<para>Mondo Rescue backs up your file system to CD, tape, NFS
     596(archives stored remotely) or ISO's (archives stored locally).
     597Mondo uses afio as the backup engine; afio is a well-respected
     598replacement for tar. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you
     599may restore some or all of your system, even if your hard drives
     600are now blank. Mondo Rescue can do a lot of other cool
     601things:</para>
     602<itemizedlist>
     603<listitem>
     604<para>You can use Mondo to clone an installation of Linux. Just
     605backup the crucial stuff and exclude /home, /var/log, etc.</para>
     606</listitem>
     607<listitem>
     608<para>You can backup a non-RAID file system and restore it as RAID
     609including the root partition (if your kernel supports that).</para>
     610</listitem>
     611<listitem>
     612<para>You can backup a system running on one format and restore as
     613another format.</para>
     614</listitem>
     615<listitem>
     616<para>You can restructure your partitions, e.g. shrink/enlarge,
     617reassign devices, add hard drives, etc, before you partition and
     618format your drives. Mondo will restore your data and amend
     619/etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab accordingly.</para>
     620</listitem>
     621<listitem>
     622<para>You can backup Linux/Windows systems, including the boot
     623sectors. Mondo will make everything right at restore-time.
     624(However, do run "Scandisk" when you first boot into Windows, just
     625in case.)</para>
     626</listitem>
     627<listitem>
     628<para>You can use your Mondo backup CD to verify the integrity of
     629your computer.</para>
     630</listitem>
     631</itemizedlist>
     632<para>Mondo's principal virtue is that it protects you from the
     633problems that can arise when you reinstall completely from scratch.
     634If you want to wipe and restore your system every year just as a
     635matter of 'good practice', Mondo is not for you. However, if you
     636want to get up and running again in a hurry after someone breaks
     637into your computer and wipes it (or if you accidentally wipe it
     638yourself) then Mondo is definitely for you. It will permit you to
     639roll back to a known-good installation in a very short period of
     640time, sometimes as little as twenty minutes. Even if you backup
     641large amounts of data to tape daily and do not want to add yet
     642another backup regime, please consider backing up the core
     643filesystem (i.e. everything but the directories containing your
     644huge database and your prizewinning novel) every month or so, just
     645in case. You will be glad you did.</para>
     646<para>What is Mondo not?</para>
     647<para>Mondo is not an everyday backup program. It is not designed
     648to replace tar, afio, kbackup, etc. Mondo is designed to make it
     649possible to recover from scratch if necessary. Tar and afio offer a
     650quick, convenient way to backup small sets of files, sometimes to
     651removable media.</para>
     652</sect1>
     653
     654<sect1 id="mindi">
     655<title>Mindi</title>
     656<para>
     657Mindi Linux creates a set of boot/root floppy disk images
     658that will let you perform basic system maintenance on your Linux
     659distro. The principal virtues of Mindi's boot disks are the fact
     660that they contain your kernel, modules, tools and libraries. You
     661can ask for additional binaries (or other files) to be included on
     662the kit. The libraries will be added for you.
     663</para>
     664<para>Whichever modules were loaded at backup-time, they are
     665reloaded at boot-time. So, in theory, you will boot into almost the
     666same environment as you were in when you backed up. If you want to
     667add files to your Mindi boot disks, edit '&lt;INSTALLPATH OF
     668MINDI&gt;/mindi/deplist.txt' and add the files to that list. The
     669added files and dependencies, will be spread across the data disks
     670at run-time.
     671</para>
     672<para>Mindi makes sure that Mondo has all the tools it needs at
     673boot-time. Mondo uses fdisk, mkfs, cat, less, more, afio, gzip,
     674bzip2, your keyboard configuration, your glibc libraries, your
     675other libraries, your kernel, your modules, ... a lot! Mindi takes
     676care of all that, so that Mondo can get on with the job of backing
     677up or restoring your data.
     678</para>
     679<para>Mindi is also handy for making boot CDs/disks which stand on
     680their own. You do not need Mondo. Indeed, if you like, you could
     681use another backup/restore program with Mindi. Just add it to
     682Mindi's dependency list (type 'locate deplist.txt' to find it).
     683Mindi will include your software on its boot CD/disks the next time
     684you run mindi.
     685</para>
     686</sect1>
     687
     688
     689<sect1 id="linuxbackup">
     690<title>Linux Backup</title>
     691<para>Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux are used primarily as Linux
     692backup and cloning tools. The fall in prices of CD-RW drives and
     693writable discs will allow current users to keep good backups and
     694future users to leverage the cloning capability.</para>
     695<para>Tape drives are more likely to suit your needs if you run a
     696larger installation (or have lots of MP3's). Warning! OnStream
     697drives do not play well with Mondo. I do not know why. It is, in my
     698opinion, something which OnStream should look into. Mondo uses
     699fopen(), fread(), fwrite() and fclose() to interact with tape
     700drives. That works for most drives but some drives just don't like
     701that.</para>
     702<para>I have tested it thousands of times on my own computer with
     703my own data and with no alternate backup regime. It worked for me.
     704Thousands of users testify to Mondo's stability and its ease of
     705use. However, please test it on your own system before you rely on
     706it. In fact, do not rely on any software until you have tested it
     707to see if it performs as expected.</para>
     708<para>To establish that Mondo will behave well in an emergency,
     709please be prepared. Run a test backup as follows:-</para>
     710<itemizedlist>
     711<listitem>
     712<para>Run mondoarchive without any command-line options.</para>
     713</listitem>
     714<listitem>Backup a subset of files - e.g. /usr/local - to CD or
     715tape. Say 'yes' when asked if you want to verify them.</listitem>
     716<listitem>If you are not backing up to CD, please create boot
     717floppies when prompted.</listitem>
     718</itemizedlist>
     719<para>Next, restore archives to your live filesystem.</para>
     720<itemizedlist>
     721<listitem>
     722<para>When mondoarchive terminates, run mondorestore without any
     723command-line options.</para>
     724</listitem>
     725<listitem>Insert the CD or the first boot floppy when prompted.
     726Press &lt;Enter&gt;. Wait a moment.</listitem>
     727<listitem>Select a subset of files to restore, e.g. /usr/local/man
     728and /usr/local/bin. Hit OK.</listitem>
     729<listitem>Restore files to /tmp or /root/RESTORED or something
     730similar.</listitem>
     731<listitem>When mondorestore terminates, compare the restored files
     732to the originals using cmp or diff.</listitem>
     733</itemizedlist>
     734<para>Finally, simulate an emergency restore.</para>
     735<itemizedlist>
     736<listitem>
     737<para>Boot from CD/floppies.</para>
     738</listitem>
     739<listitem>Select 'Interactive Mode' at boot-time. (Type
     740'interactive' and hit &lt;Enter&gt;.)</listitem>
     741<listitem>Hit OK when shown the mountlist. Say 'yes' when asked if
     742you accept the mountlist.</listitem>
     743<listitem>Select files to restore, e.g. /usr/local/man and
     744/usr/local/bin. Hit OK.</listitem>
     745<listitem>Restore files to /tmp or /root/RESTORED or something
     746similar.</listitem>
     747<listitem>When mondorestore terminates, please reboot and compare
     748the restored files to the originals.</listitem>
     749</itemizedlist>
     750<para>FYI, the subroutines to repartition and reformat your drives
     751are very stable. If you are a RAID or LVM user, you
     752might&nbsp;encounter some difficulties when wiping and restoring
     753from scratch because of the sheer range of filesystem layouts and
     754the impossibility of testing Mondo on every single one. If you have
     755trouble, just drop to the command-line and partition/format
     756manually. Then, call mondorestore, select Interactive Mode, and say
     757'no' when asked if you want Mondo to partition or format your
     758drives for you.</para>
     759<para>You see, even if you have trouble, you still have two hands
     760and most of the tools you need - lvchange, pvcreate, fdisk, mkraid,
     761etc. - to do it manually. After you have prepped and formatted your
     762drives manually (if you have to), just run mondorestore again and
     763say 'no' when asked if you want to prep or format your drives. What
     764could be easier?</para>
     765</sect1>
     766
     767<sect1 id="winbackup">
     768<title>Windows Backup</title>
     769<para>Backing up windows partitions.</para>
     770<sect2 id="win95"><title>Windows ME/95/98</title>
     771<para>Verify that the partition is listed in /etc/fstab and is
     772mounted (e.g. /dev/hda1). Mondo will take care of everything else.
     773The files will be archived just like all other files in the live
     774file system. At restore-time, Mondo will take care of the boot
     775sector of /dev/hda1 prior to the restore.</para>
     776<para>Note: if Windows ME/95/98 is not located on /dev/hda1 or
     777/dev/sda1, then Mondo will not take care of the boot sector of
     778/dev/hda1. The user will have to boot from a DOS floppy and run SYS
     779C: to correct the Windows boot sector.</para>
     780</sect2>
     781<sect2 id="winnt"><title>Windows NT4/2K/XP</title>
     782<para>Windows NT4/2K/XP typically use the NTFS file system, not
     783VFAT.. The user should use '-x /dev/hda1' (or whichever device the
     784/dev/hda1. The user will have to boot from a DOS floppy and run SYS
     785C: to correct the Windows boot sector.</para>
     786</sect2><sect2 id="AEN13"><title>3.4.2. Windows NT4/2K/XP</title>
     787<para>Windows NT4/2K/XP typically use the NTFS file system, not
     788VFAT.. The user should use '-x /dev/hda1' (or whichever device the
     789Windows partition resides). Mondo will treat the partition as a
     790biggiefile. Mondo will also add an entry to the mountlist to
     791reflect the size and type of the partition. The user may not edit
     792that partition's size at restore-time (for obvious reasons).</para>
     793<para>Please bear in mind that Mondo was written for Linux users.
     794If Mondo does not backup or restore your Windows system well, you
     795might want to consider paying for 1-to-1 technical support.
     796Ironically, the only people to pay for 1-to-1 technical support
     797have been Linux users, whereas Windows users want a free ride. That
     798is one reason why the Linux community gives me warm fuzzies.</para>
     799</sect1>
     800
     801<sect1 id="history">
     802<title>Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux
     803History</title>
     804<para>Mondo Rescue was created in December 1999 as a utility to
     805clone Linux/Windows installations. Norton Ghost would not do the
     806job, and my boss wanted to jump on the Linux bandwagon. So, I wrote
     807a few scripts and shoehorned them into the latest Linux-Mandrake
     808CD. Since that time, Mondo grew into a disaster recovery suite for
     809Linux and Windows. Mondo forced me to learn about the kernel, its
     810initrd initial ramdisk, modules, library dependencies, disk
     811partitioning, and the myriad differences between the Top 10 Linux
     812distributions.</para>
     813a few scripts and shoehorned them into the latest Linux-Mandrake
     814CD. Since that time, Mondo grew into a disaster recovery suite for
     815Linux and Windows. Mondo forced me to learn about the kernel, its
     816initrd initial ramdisk, modules, library dependencies, disk
     817partitioning, and the myriad differences between the Top 10 Linux
     818distributions.</para>
     819<para>The first formal release was made on February 18th, 2000.
     820Mondo is currently one of the top five Linux backup/restore
     821programs. Mondo has been compared favorably to ArcServe, Arkeia and
     822BRU. Although Mondo lacks the more advanced, enterprise-level
     823features of ArcServe and Arkeia, for workstations and small- to
     824medium-size servers it is ideal because it is small, fast,
     825efficient, stable, comes with source code, and is being actively
     826developed and supported.</para>
     827</sect1>
     828
     829<sect1 id="sysreq">
     830<title>System
     831Requirements</title>
     832<sect2 id="hwreq">
     833<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
     834
     835<para>Your computer must have:</para>
     836<itemizedlist>
     837<listitem>
     838<para>Intel(R)-compatible CPU</para>
     839</listitem>
     840<listitem>
     841<para>64MB of RAM (128MB recommended)</para>
     842</listitem>
     843<listitem>
     844<para>800MB of hard disk space free</para>
     845</listitem>
     846<listitem>
     847<para>CD writer, tape streamer, NFS share or some way to backup the
     848backups :)</para>
     849</listitem>
     850</itemizedlist>
     851<para>It is recommended that your computer have very good airflow.
     852The backup with Mondo Rescue and Mindi Linux will utilize your CPU,
     853CD drive and fixed disk(s) like very few other applications. With a
     854few hours of system backup activity, computers without sufficient
     855airflow may show symptoms such as not burning full CD discs. The
     856solution is a $20 or less additional fan at your local electronics
     857discount store.</para>
     858</sect2>
     859
     860<sect2 id="kernelreq">
     861<title>Kernel Requirements</title>
     862
     863<para>Your kernel must have:</para>
     864<itemizedlist>
     865<listitem>
     866<para>stable loopfs support, which means it really needs to be
     8672.2.19 or 2.4.7 (or later)</para>
     868</listitem>
     869<listitem>
     870<para>CD-ROM device support</para>
     871</listitem>
     872<listitem>
     873<para>ISO9660 file system support</para>
     874</listitem>
     875<listitem>
     876<para>initrd ramdisk support (built-in)</para>
     877</listitem>
     878<listitem>
     879<para>Virtual memory file system support (built-in)</para>
     880</listitem>
     881<listitem>
     882<para>floppy disk support (built in)</para>
     883</listitem>
     884<listitem>
     885<para>ext2 file system support (built-in)</para>
     886</listitem>
     887<listitem>
     888<para>Support for the backup media (Tape, CD-RW, NFS, Hard
     889disk)</para>
     890</listitem>
     891<listitem>
     892<para>If the backup media is CD-RW then you need SCSI emulation
     893also</para>
     894</listitem>
     895</itemizedlist>
     896<para>Please note that the stock kernels of Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0,
     897Mandrake 8.2, 9.0, SuSE 7.x,, 8.x, and Slackware 8.x all meet
     898Mondo's requirements. If your kernel does not meet Mondo's
     899requirements then there is something wrong with it. Mondo's demands
     900are not unreasonable.</para>
     901<para>Mondo (specifically Mindi) does not require any specific
     902modules. It does require that your kernel support the initrd
     903initial ramdisk facility. Typically this is supported by the Linux
     904kernel. Modules used are needed to support the CD, floppy disks,
     905hard disks, etc. If the support is modular, then the modules will
     906be incorporated in a boot disk by Mindi. If the support is built-in
     907(static), then it will be available at boot-time by default.</para>
     908</sect2>
     909<sect2 id="swreq">
     910<title>Software Requirements</title>
     911<para>See Mondo's <ulink url="../download.html">Download
     912page</ulink> for details.</para>
     913<para>Mondo requires afio, bzip2, cdrtools/cdrecord, ncurses, newt,
     914isolinux/syslinux, lzo (optional), lzop (optional), mkisofs, slang,
     915and a few other packages.</para>
     916<para>Good Linux distributions provide all these packages. If yours
     917does not then please go to the aforementioned Download page or surf
     918the Net, preferably the website of the distribution you are
     919using.</para>
     920<para>Mondo's expectations are not unreasonable, either of your
     921Linux distribution or of your kernel. However, if your distribution
     922fails to meet its expectations and you cannot find out how to
     923resolve them, please feel free to e-mail the
     924<ulink url="../../feedback/feedback.html">mailing
     925</sect2>
     926</sect1>
     927</chapter>
     928
     929<chapter id="installation">
     930<title>Installation</title>
     931
     932<sect1 id="mindi-install">
     933<title>Mindi Installation</title>
     934<para>If you are installing from a tarball then copy it to wherever
     935you have enough space, for example /tmp and type:</para>
     936<para></para>
     937<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     938<row>
     939<entry>
     940
     941bash# cd /tmpbash# tar -zxvf mindi-0.7x.tgzbash# cd mindi-0.7xbash# ./install.sh
     942
     943</entry>
     944</row>
     945</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     946
     947<para>This installs mindi into /usr/local/share/mindi and installs
     948links to the programs into /usr/local/sbin</para>
     949<para>Or, if you are installing from an RPM then copy it to
     950wherever you have enough space, for example /tmp and type:</para>
     951<para></para>
     952<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     953<row>
     954<entry>
     955
     956bash# rpm -Uvh /tmp/mindi-0.7x-x.i386.rpm
     957
     958</entry>
     959</row>
     960</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     961
     962<para>This installs mindi into /usr/share/mindi and installs links
     963to the programs into /usr/sbin. This may be /usr/local/share/mindi
     964and /usr/local/sbin, depending on the package you use. Different
     965Linux distributions put system files in different places. The funny
     966thing is, each distribution claims it is right and the others are
     967wrong. Oh, and they all agree that I mustn't have read the LFS!
     968:-)</para>
     969<para>Debian users may wish to first create a .deb file and then
     970use the debian package manager:</para>
     971<para></para>
     972<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     973<row>
     974<entry>
     975
     976bash# cd /tmpbash# alien mindi*.rpmbash# dpkg -i mindi*.deb
     977
     978</entry>
     979</row>
     980</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     981
     982<para>This installs mindi into /usr/share/mindi and installs links
     983to the programs into /usr/sbin</para>
     984</sect1>
     985
     986<sect1 id="mondo-install">
     987<title>Mondo Installation</title>
     988<para>If you are installing from a tarball then copy it to wherever
     989you have enough space, for example /tmp and type:</para>
     990<para></para>
     991<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     992<row>
     993<entry>
     994
     995bash# cd /tmpbash# tar -zxvf mondo-1.xx.tgzbash# cd mondo-1.xxbash# make &amp;&amp; make install
     996
     997</entry>
     998</row>
     999</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1000
     1001<para>This installs mondo into /usr/local/share/mondo and installs
     1002links to the programs into /usr/local/bin</para>
     1003<para>Or, if you are installing from an RPM then copy it to copy it
     1004to wherever you have enough space, for example /tmp and
     1005type:</para>
     1006<para></para>
     1007<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1008<row>
     1009<entry>
     1010
     1011bash# rpm -Uvh /tmp/mondo-1.5x-x.i386.rpm
     1012
     1013</entry>
     1014</row>
     1015</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1016
     1017<para>This installs mondo into /usr/share/mondo and installs links
     1018to the programs into /usr/bin</para>
     1019<para>Debian users may wish to first create a .deb file and then
     1020use the debian package manager:</para>
     1021<para></para>
     1022<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1023<row>
     1024<entry>
     1025
     1026bash# cd /tmpbash# alien mondo*.rpmbash# dpkg -i mondo*.deb
     1027
     1028</entry>
     1029</row>
     1030</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1031
     1032<para>This installs mondo into /usr/share/mondo and installs links
     1033to the programs into /usr/bin</para>
     1034</sect1>
     1035</chapter>
     1036
     1037<chapter id="test">
     1038<title>Tests</title>
     1039
     1040<sect1 id="mindi-test">
     1041<title>Testing Mindi</title>
     1042
     1043<para>Mindi is a vital part of the backup procedure. If you have
     1044used Mondo before or if you are in a hurry, skip steps 6.2 and 6.3;
     1045go straight to QuickStart.</para>
     1046<para>However, if you have time or if you have been having trouble
     1047getting Mondo to work, I would recommend trying out Mindi directly
     1048(rather than via Mondo) to see if it can produce a bootable CD on
     1049your system.</para>
     1050<para>Make sure you are root while doing this, otherwise mindi will
     1051fail, now do this.</para>
     1052<para>If you have any problems, please:-</para>
     1053<itemizedlist>
     1054<listitem>
     1055<para>read /var/log/mindi.log</para>
     1056</listitem>
     1057<listitem>feel free to edit mindi (it's a shell script, btw) to try
     1058to fix the problem yourself</listitem>
     1059<listitem>contact the mailing list if you get stuck.</listitem>
     1060</itemizedlist>
     1061<para>Type:-</para>
     1062<para></para>
     1063<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1064<row>
     1065<entry>
     1066
     1067bash# mindi
     1068
     1069</entry>
     1070</row>
     1071</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1072
     1073<para>Example screen output, selecting to use your own kernel, to
     1074create boot disks, and to create a bootable CD image:</para>
     1075<para></para>
     1076<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1077<row>
     1078<entry>
     1079
     1080Mindi Linux mini-distro generator v0.72 by HRabson &lt;hugorabson@msn.com&gt;--------------------------
     1081----------------------------------------------------Do you want to use your own kernel to build the boo
     1082t disk (y/n) ? yYour kernel is /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.14-k6 (v2.4.14-k6)Generating list of dependency files.
     1083....................... Done.Analyzing your keyboard's configuration.Adding the following keyboard mapp
     1084ing tables:................... DoneDropping i686-optimized libraries if appropriate.............DoneAss
     1085embling dependency files........ Done.The files have been subdivided into 2 directories.Your mountlist
     1086will look like this:-DEVICE MOUNTPOINT FORMAT SIZE (MB)/dev/hda3 / ext2 996/dev/hda2 swap swap 127/dev/
     1087hda4 /usr ext2 6189Tarring and zipping the groups......... Done.Creating data disk #1...#2... Done.1722
     1088KB boot disk was created OK............................ Done.2880KB boot disk was created OK...........
     1089................. Done.In the directory '/root/images/mindi' you will find the images:-mindi-boot.1722.
     1090img mindi-boot.2880.img mindi-data-1.img mindi-data-2.imgWould you like to create boot+data floppy disk
     1091s now (y/n) ?yWARNING! THIS WILL ERASE YOUR FLOPPY DISKS.About to write boot disk. Please press ENTER.W
     1092riting boot disk.................................................. Done.About to write data disk #1. Pl
     1093ease press ENTER.Writing data disk #1........................... Done.About to write data disk #2. Plea
     1094se press ENTER.Writing data disk #2........................... Done.Shall I make a bootable CD image? (
     1095y/n) yFinished.One 1.72MB boot disk, one 2.88MB boot disk and 2 data disks were created.
     1096
     1097</entry>
     1098</row>
     1099</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1100
     1101<para>If your kernel is too large (more than about 900KB) then you
     1102cannot make boot floppies, although you can still make a bootable
     1103CD image. The easiest way to test Mindi in either case is to say
     1104'n' to its first question and 'y' to its second, then use the
     1105separate application cdrecord to make a bootable CD-R or
     1106CD-RW.</para>
     1107<para>Use the cdrecord application to write the CD image:</para>
     1108<para></para>
     1109<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1110<row>
     1111<entry>
     1112
     1113bash# cd /root/images/mindibash# cdrecord -scanbus
     1114
     1115</entry>
     1116</row>
     1117</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1118
     1119<para>The output of the above call to cdrecord will tell you your
     1120CD writer's node. It is usually '0,0,0'. Choose one of the
     1121following calls to write the CD, depending on whether the disk in
     1122the drive is a CD-R or a CD-RW. Please replace 'x,x,x' with your
     1123writer's node. For further information, type 'man cdrecord" from a
     1124Linux command line.</para>
     1125<para>If writing to a CD-RW Drive/Disc:</para>
     1126<para></para>
     1127<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1128<row>
     1129<entry>
     1130
     1131bash# cdrecord -blank fast dev=x,x,x speed=4 mindi.iso (for CD-RW)
     1132
     1133</entry>
     1134</row>
     1135</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1136
     1137<para>If writing to a CD-R Drive/Disc:</para>
     1138<para></para>
     1139<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1140<row>
     1141<entry>
     1142
     1143bash# cdrecord dev=x,x,x speed=4 mindi.iso (for CD-R)
     1144
     1145</entry>
     1146</row>
     1147</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1148</sect1>
     1149<sect1 id="mondo-test">
     1150<title>Testing Mondo</title>
     1151
     1152</sect1>
     1153</chapter>
     1154
     1155<chapter id="backup">
     1156<title>Backup</title>
     1157
     1158<sect1 id="backup-recommandations">
     1159<title>Recommandations</title>
     1160<para>Mama does Mondo? Papa does Mondo? Is that a Dean Martin song?
     1161Well, anyway, here is how I backup my system:</para>
     1162<itemizedlist>
     1163<listitem>
     1164<para>Shut down all possible applications (this minimizes any
     1165compare differences following the backup)</para>
     1166</listitem>
     1167<listitem>
     1168<para>Type:</para>
     1169</listitem>
     1170</itemizedlist>
     1171<para></para>
     1172<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1173<row>
     1174<entry>
     1175
     1176bash# mondoarchive
     1177
     1178</entry>
     1179</row>
     1180</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1181
     1182<para>For most users, that should be enough. :-) Mondoarchive will
     1183usually autodetect your hardware and configure it for you.</para>
     1184<para>If you are a power user (or you like to control every detail
     1185of how Mondo runs) then you may want to look at the command-line
     1186switches. For example:-</para>
     1187<para></para>
     1188<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1189<row>
     1190<entry>
     1191
     1192bash# mondoarchive -Ow4 -gF -I /home
     1193
     1194</entry>
     1195</row>
     1196</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1197
     1198<para>Cdrecord will tell me where my CD recorder lives, in SCSI
     1199terms, which in my case is '0,0,0'. The call to mondoarchive tells
     1200Mondo that I want to backup everything to a 4x CD-RW drive that has
     1201a CD-RW disk in it. (Use -Oc instead of -Ow if you are using
     1202CD-R.)</para>
     1203<para>Please put the first CD-R(W) in the drive now. You will be
     1204prompted to insert CD #2 but you will not be prompted to insert the
     1205first disk. However, if you forget, do not worry: if Mondo fails to
     1206write the first (or any) disk, it will offer to retry, abort or
     1207fail.</para>
     1208<para>I run Mondo at the highest compression available ('-9) and
     1209then go to work. I then walk home at lunch (I live right by my
     1210workplace), change CD, eat lunch, and go back to work. When I get
     1211home, it has all been done.</para>
     1212<para>Your mileage may vary. Experiment. Find the speed/compression
     1213compromise that best suits your needs.</para>
     1214<para>If you are using cron then please use -F to make sure that
     1215Mondo does not prompt you to create bootable floppy disks. Cron
     1216does not handle user interaction well because it pipes stdin and
     1217stdout specially. Please consult cron's manual for more
     1218information. Jesse Keating has written a script for cron/Mondo
     1219users. It is available on the
     1220<ulink url="../../docs/docs.html">Documentation</ulink>
     1221page.</para>
     1222</sect1>
     1223
     1224<sect1 id="backup-commands">
     1225<title>Backup Commands and Options</title>
     1226
     1227<para>Backup Command:</para>
     1228<para></para>
     1229<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1230<row>
     1231<entry>
     1232
     1233mondoarchive &lt;-option1&gt; &lt;-option2&gt; ... &lt;-optionN&gt;
     1234
     1235</entry>
     1236</row>
     1237</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1238
     1239<para>E.g.,</para>
     1240<para></para>
     1241<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1242<row>
     1243<entry>
     1244
     1245bash# mondoarchive -E /mnt/dos /mnt/cdrom -9 -Oc 8
     1246
     1247</entry>
     1248</row>
     1249</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1250
     1251<para>Would create backup CD to a CD-R disc at the highest
     1252compression level, writing at speed 2 and ignoring the /mnt/dos and
     1253/mnt/cdrom directories.</para>
     1254<para>To see a detailed list of switches and their meaning, see the
     1255<ulink url="http://www.mondorescue.org/download/mondoarchive.1.html">HTML
     1256man page</ulink> on the website or type 'man mondoarchive' at the
     1257console.</para>
     1258<sect2 id="backup-cdr">
     1259<title>Standard Example With CD-R</title>
     1260<para></para>
     1261<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1262<row>
     1263<entry>
     1264
     1265bash# mondoarchive -Oc 2 -g
     1266
     1267</entry>
     1268</row>
     1269</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1270
     1271<para>Replace '2' in '-Oc2' with the writer's speed. If
     1272mondoarchive cannot find your CD-R then please add '-d 0,0,0' (or
     1273whatever your CD writer's SCSI node is; usually, it is 0,0,0) to
     1274the call.</para>
     1275<para>Please insert the first disk in the writer while the PC is
     1276chugging away. If Mondo needs additional CD-R(W) then it will ask
     1277for them.</para>
     1278</sect2>
     1279<sect2 id="backup-cdrw">
     1280<title>Standard Example With CD-RW</title>
     1281<para></para>
     1282<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1283<row>
     1284<entry>
     1285
     1286bash# mondoarchive -Ow 2 -g
     1287
     1288</entry>
     1289</row>
     1290</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1291
     1292<para>Replace '2' in '-Ow2' with the writer's speed.</para>
     1293</sect2>
     1294<sect2 id="backup-tape">
     1295        <title>Standard Example With Tape</title>
     1296<para></para>
     1297<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1298<row>
     1299<entry>
     1300
     1301bash# mondoarchive -Ot -d /dev/st0 -g
     1302
     1303</entry>
     1304</row>
     1305</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1306
     1307<para>With previous versions of Mondo, you needed to specify the
     1308size of the tape. As of v1.51, that is no longer necessary.</para>
     1309</sect2>
     1310<sect2 id="backup-failsafe">
     1311        <title>Standard Example With Failsafe kernel</title>
     1312<para></para>
     1313<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1314<row>
     1315<entry>
     1316
     1317bash# mondoarchive -k FAILSAFE -Ow 2
     1318
     1319</entry>
     1320</row>
     1321</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1322
     1323<para>Due to slight policy differences in the Debian distribution
     1324approach, the '-k FAILSAFE' option is typically needed with
     1325Debian.</para>
     1326</sect2>
     1327<sect2 id="backup-network">
     1328        <title>Standard Example With Network Backup</title>
     1329<para></para>
     1330<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody>
     1331<row>
     1332<entry>
     1333
     1334bash# mount 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs -t nfs /mnt/nfsbash# mondoarchive -OVn 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs -g -s 20
     13350mbash# umount /mnt/nfs
     1336
     1337</entry>
     1338</row>
     1339</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
     1340
     1341<para>The resultant ISO's can be burned to CD's if you want (which
     1342isn't a good idea unless you're a Mondo expert because they'll try
     1343to restore over a network by default, which is silly cos the
     1344archives are on the CD's). Or, you can boot from the Mindi floppies
     1345(or mondorescue.iso) and hit ENTER a few times to restore.</para>
     1346</sect2>
     1347</sect1>
     1348
     1349&gfdl;
     1350
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