Changeset 665 in MondoRescue for branches/stable/mondo

Timestamp:

Jun 10, 2006, 12:27:29 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

bcornec

Message:

2.0.8-4 preparation

File:

• branches/stable/mondo/ChangeLog (modified) (56 diffs)

branches/stable/mondo/ChangeLog

@@ -3 +3 @@
 MONDO CHANGES
 
+2.0.8-4 (2006-06-10)
+- nfsmount option added to allow redeployment from another NFS server (Bruno Cornec)
+
 2.0.8-3 (2006-06-07)
-- Fix a bug in -I and -E handling !!
-  (Paolo Bernardoni <bernardoni_at_sysnet.it>/Bruno Cornec)
-- Fix permissions for autorun
-  (Bruno Cornec)
-- Fox delivery problems for tar files with too restrictive umask
-  (Bruno Cornec)
-- Fix parsing of DHCP information in start-nfs script
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- Fix a bug in -I and -E handling !!  (Paolo Bernardoni <bernardoni_at_sysnet.it>/Bruno Cornec)
+- Fix permissions for autorun (Bruno Cornec)
+- Fox delivery problems for tar files with too restrictive umask (Bruno Cornec)
+- Fix parsing of DHCP information in start-nfs script (Andree Leidenfrost)
 
 2.0.8-2 (2006-06-02)
-- PXE mode now supports change of NIC for redeployment
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- PXE mode now supports change of NIC for redeployment (Bruno Cornec)
 
 2.0.8-1 (2006-05-25)
 - new build process (Bruno Cornec)
-- Fix a bug in .spec for RPM build (%attr now unused)
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- Fix a bug in .spec for RPM build (%attr now unused) (Bruno Cornec)
 - Support of dm and LVM v2 (Andree Leidenfrost)
 - New mr_strtok functionn added and used for dm support (Andree Leidenfrost)
-- Complete doc is now a separate package. mondo still contains the 
-  man pages and howto in minimal useful formats
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- Complete doc is now a separate package. mondo still contains the man pages and howto in minimal useful formats (Bruno Cornec)
 - HOWTO now contains a new chapter on unattended support for mondo
 - Increase size (4 times) of include|exclude variables
 - Fix a bug on -I and -E not working with multiple parameters
-- Fix a bug in verify for NFS by swapping nfs_remote_dir and isodir when
-  assembling name for image file to verify
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
-- Fix mondo when restoring filenames containing blanks 
-  (still a problem for filenames with ')
-  (Bruno Cornec)
-- Fix a RPM generation bug for rh7.3 (i386-redhat-linux prefix for binaries)
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- Fix a bug in verify for NFS by swapping nfs_remote_dir and isodir when assembling name for image file to verify (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- Fix mondo when restoring filenames containing blanks (still a problem for filenames with ') (Bruno Cornec)
+- Fix a RPM generation bug for rh7.3 (i386-redhat-linux prefix for binaries) (Bruno Cornec)
 
 2.0.7 (2006-03-10)
-- useless cat, sort|uniq commands removed 
-  (Bruno Cornec/Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni)
+- useless cat, sort|uniq commands removed (Bruno Cornec/Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni)
 - Doc cleanup (Andree Leidenfrost)
-- Add the actual format to messages after calls to function
-  is_this_a_valid_disk_format() about unsupported formats.
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
-- Abort|Warn when one of the include|exclude dirs (-I|-E) does not exist 
-  (Bruno Cornec/Jeffs)
-- Replaced partimagehack with ntfsclone from ntfsprogs package.
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- Add the actual format to messages after calls to function is_this_a_valid_disk_format() about unsupported formats.  (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- Abort|Warn when one of the include|exclude dirs (-I|-E) does not exist (Bruno Cornec/Jeffs)
+- Replaced partimagehack with ntfsclone from ntfsprogs package. (Andree Leidenfrost)
 - use df -P everywhere (Bruno Cornec)
 - Paypal incitations removed (Andree Leidenfrost)
@@ -55 +40 @@
 - no shared librairies and no X11 anymore (were useless) (Bruno Cornec)
 - files > 2GB are now really supported (Andree Leidenfrost)
-- new SGML based Mondo Rescue documentation + new Web site 
-  (Bruno Cornec/Andree Leidenfrost)
+- new SGML based Mondo Rescue documentation + new Web site (Bruno Cornec/Andree Leidenfrost)
 - mondoarchive aborts when 'mindi --findkernel' gives a fatal error (See also Debian bug #352323.) (Andree Leidenfrost)
 - /tmp not excluded anymore from backup (Bruno Cornec)
@@ -70 +54 @@
 - fix to force growisofs to use speed=1 for DVD burning (Philippe De Muyter)
 - now handles cifs correctly (Bruno Cornec)
-- fix issue where mondoarchive ejects CD/DVD despite writing iso images 
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- fix issue where mondoarchive ejects CD/DVD despite writing iso images (Andree Leidenfrost)
 - Add -P option to df calls (Andree Leidenfrost/Chuan-kai Lin)
 - fix usage of joint -B and -m options (Andree Leidenfrost/Efraim Feinstein)
-- Quadrupled ARBITRARY_MAXIMUM from 500 to 2000 for mondorestore's filebrowser
-  (Andree Leidenfrost)
+- Quadrupled ARBITRARY_MAXIMUM from 500 to 2000 for mondorestore's filebrowser (Andree Leidenfrost)
 - remove the renice of mondoarchive (Hugo Rabson)
-- relocate what was under /usr/share to /usr/lib (FHS compliance) 
-  (Bruno Cornec/Andree Leidenfrost)
-- manage non ambiguous delivery under /usr (packages) or /usr/local (tar ball)
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- relocate what was under /usr/share to /usr/lib (FHS compliance) (Bruno Cornec/Andree Leidenfrost)
+- manage non ambiguous delivery under /usr (packages) or /usr/local (tar ball) (Bruno Cornec)
 - disable x11 build by default (Bruno Cornec)
 - remove sbminst (Bruno Cornec/Andree Leidenfrost)
 - use parted2fdisk everywhere (Bruno Cornec)
 - exports MONDO_LIB (Bruno Cornec)
-- RPM build for fedora core 4, sles9, redhat 7.3, rhel 3/4, mandriva 2006.0, 
-  mandrake 10.2/10.1 (Bruno Cornec/Gary Granger)
-- interactive mode now asks for image size and prefix in NFS mode 
-  (Gallig Renaud/Bruno Cornec)
+- RPM build for fedora core 4, sles9, redhat 7.3, rhel 3/4, mandriva 2006.0, mandrake 10.2/10.1 (Bruno Cornec/Gary Granger)
+- interactive mode now asks for image size and prefix in NFS mode (Gallig Renaud/Bruno Cornec)
 - iso-prefix should be read in iso mode even when -H not given (Stan Benoit)
 - VERSION/RELEASE Tag added (Bruno Cornec)
-- many code cleanup, small fixes, PXE/NFS code improvements 
-  (Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni/Bruno Cornec)
+- many code cleanup, small fixes, PXE/NFS code improvements (Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni/Bruno Cornec)
 
 v2.05 (2005-11-19)
@@ -101 +78 @@
 
 v2.04_berlios (2005-10-30)
-- Add -p option to generate ISO images file names with prefix. The new default
-  name for ISO images is mondorescue-1.iso, ... For PXE environment, you have
-  to use the prefix option on the command line (read README.pxe) 
-  (Bruno Cornec)
+- Add -p option to generate ISO images file names with prefix. The new default name for ISO images is mondorescue-1.iso, ... For PXE environment, you have to use the prefix option on the command line (read README.pxe) (Bruno Cornec)
 - Mandrake 2005 support (Bruno Cornec)
 - NFS patches (Yann Aubert <technique@alixen.fr>)
-- mondorestore shouldn't now ask final questions with -H 
-  (this is an unattended mode) (Bruno Cornec)
+- mondorestore shouldn't now ask final questions with -H (this is an unattended mode) (Bruno Cornec)
 
 v2.04 (2005-05-03)
-- made mondo more clever about finding its home. Avoids mondo considering
-  directories like '/usr/share/doc/momdo' as its home.
+- made mondo more clever about finding its home. Avoids mondo considering directories like '/usr/share/doc/momdo' as its home.
 
 v2.03 (2004-09-29)
@@ -119 +91 @@
 
 v2.02 (2004-07-21)
-- instead of using 'dd' to erase partition table, delete existing
-  partitions w/ the same call to fdisk that is used to create the
-  new partitions; this should avoids locking up the partition table
-- set bootable partition in the above same call to fdisk, for
-  the same reason (avoids locking up the partition table)
+- instead of using 'dd' to erase partition table, delete existing partitions w/ the same call to fdisk that is used to create the new partitions; this should avoids locking up the partition table
+- set bootable partition in the above same call to fdisk, for the same reason (avoids locking up the partition table)
 - better software RAID support
 - mount ext3 partitions as ext2 when restoring - better for Debian
@@ -131 +100 @@
 v2.01 (2004-06-21)
 - fixed cvs for SuSE systems
-- fixed NTFS backup/restore bug relating to partimagehack
-  log file overflow and NTFS v non-NTFS differentiation
+- fixed NTFS backup/restore bug relating to partimagehack log file overflow and NTFS v non-NTFS differentiation
 - more reliable extraction of config info from CDs, floppies
 - better support of ISO dirs at restore-time (Conor Daly)
@@ -157 +125 @@
 - added support for boot/root multi floppies
 - call 'mt' to set block size to 32K before opening in/out tape
-- updated mondo-prep.c to create each disk's partitions all at once
-  (one call per drive) instead of one call to fdisk per partition
-- when extracting cfg file and mountlist from all.tar.gz (tape copy),
-  use block size of INTERNAL_TAPE_BLK_SIZE, not TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE
+- updated mondo-prep.c to create each disk's partitions all at once (one call per drive) instead of one call to fdisk per partition
+- when extracting cfg file and mountlist from all.tar.gz (tape copy), use block size of INTERNAL_TAPE_BLK_SIZE, not TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE
 - added star and rudimentary SELinux support
 - fixed lots of bugs
-- all logging now goes to /var/log/mondo-archive.log, with symlink to
-  /tmp/mondo-restore.log for restore-time log-tracking
+- all logging now goes to /var/log/mondo-archive.log, with symlink to /tmp/mondo-restore.log for restore-time log-tracking
 - added grub-install.patched
 - removed embleer & other binaries
@@ -173 +138 @@
 - fixed chmod/chown bug (Jens Richter)
 - ask user to confirm NFS mountpoint in Interactive Mode
-- rewritten format_everything() to make sure LVMs, RAIDs and
-  regular partitions are prepped in the correct order
+- rewritten format_everything() to make sure LVMs, RAIDs and regular partitions are prepped in the correct order
 - better magicdev support
 - rewritten external binary caller subroutine
@@ -181 +145 @@
 - fixed multi-tape support
 - re-implemented -D and -J
-- fixed bug in extract_config_file_from_ramdisk() which
-  affected tape+floppy users
-- updated is_incoming_block_valid() to make it
-  return end-of-tape if >300 flotsam blocks
+- fixed bug in extract_config_file_from_ramdisk() which affected tape+floppy users
+- updated is_incoming_block_valid() to make it return end-of-tape if >300 flotsam blocks
 - unmount CD-ROM before burning (necessary for RH8/9)
 - fixed some stray assert()'s
@@ -190 +152 @@
 - make user remove floppy/CD before restoring interactively from tape
 - fixed bug in am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode()
-- added code to nuke_mode() to make sure NFS 
-  (backup) share is mounted in Nuke Mode
+- added code to nuke_mode() to make sure NFS (backup) share is mounted in Nuke Mode
 - improved tape device detection code
 - better GRUB support
@@ -211 +172 @@
 - fixed RAID-related bug in where_is_root_mounted()
 - ISO tweaks
-- fixed silly bug in load_filelist() which stopped
-  funny German filenames from being handled properly
+- fixed silly bug in load_filelist() which stopped funny German filenames from being handled properly
 - misc fixes (Michael Hanscho's friend)
 - added rudimentary support for SME
@@ -226 +186 @@
 - post_param_configuration() --- store iso-dev and isodir
 - added post-nuke-sample.tgz to package
-- Nuke Mode now checks mountlist against hardware; offer user
-  opportunity to edit mountlist if insane; if user declines, abort
+- Nuke Mode now checks mountlist against hardware; offer user opportunity to edit mountlist if insane; if user declines, abort
 - added lots of assert()'s and other checks
 - ran code thru Valgrind to catch & fix some memory leaks
-- made mondo-restore.c smaller by moving some subroutines to
-  common/libmondo-raid.c and mondorestore/mondo-rstr-compare.c
-- added '-Q' flag, to let user test mondoarchive's ability
-  to find their boot loader and type
+- made mondo-restore.c smaller by moving some subroutines to common/libmondo-raid.c and mondorestore/mondo-rstr-compare.c
+- added '-Q' flag, to let user test mondoarchive's ability to find their boot loader and type
 - improved which_boot_loader()
-- when burning or comparing to a CD, defeat autorun if it is
-  running, to avoid confusing mondoarchive and the user
-- if original backup media no longer available at boot-time
-  then offer user chance to choose another media source
-- when booting, type 'nuke noresize' to nuke w/o resizing
-  mountlist to fill your drives
+- when burning or comparing to a CD, defeat autorun if it is running, to avoid confusing mondoarchive and the user
+- if original backup media no longer available at boot-time then offer user chance to choose another media source
+- when booting, type 'nuke noresize' to nuke w/o resizing mountlist to fill your drives
 - add 'textonly' when booting, to avoid using Newt gui
 - run nice(20) to prioritize mondoarchive at start
-- don't pause and wait for next blank CD at backup-time
-  unless necessary (e.g. previous CD has not been removed)
+- don't pause and wait for next blank CD at backup-time unless necessary (e.g. previous CD has not been removed)
 - get_phys_size_of_drive() --- better support of older drives
 - don't eject if "donteject" is in kernel's command line
@@ -268 +221 @@
 - add '/' to custom filelist as workaround for obscure bug
 - ask user speed of CDRW if writing to CD
-- find_cdrom_device() --- if nonexistent/not found then
-  make sure to return '' as dev str and 1 as res
+- find_cdrom_device() --- if nonexistent/not found then make sure to return '' as dev str and 1 as res
 - tweaked restore scripts tgz
 - cleaned up find_cdrom_device()
-- if user creates /usr/share/mondo/payload.tgz then untar
-  payload to CD at backup-time
+- if user creates /usr/share/mondo/payload.tgz then untar payload to CD at backup-time
 - fixed insist_on_this_cd_number()
 - fixed am_i_in_disaster_recovery_mode()
@@ -281 +232 @@
 - fixed nfs support
 - fixed iso support
-- at restore-time, only sort mountlist internally, 
-  in mount_all_devices() and unmount_all_devices() 
+- at restore-time, only sort mountlist internally, in mount_all_devices() and unmount_all_devices() 
 - fixed cosmetic bug in label-partitions-as-necessary
 - updated documentation
@@ -298 +248 @@
 - sensibly_set_tmpdir_and_scratchdir() --- exclude smb and smbfs
 - better logging by eval_call_to_make_ISO()
-- accept -J <fname> to let user provide their own fs catalog
-  instead of -I <paths> to backup
-- if dir excluded with -E or included with -I and dir is actually
-  a softlink then exclude/include the dir pointed to, as well
+- accept -J <fname> to let user provide their own fs catalog instead of -I <paths> to backup
+- if dir excluded with -E or included with -I and dir is actually a softlink then exclude/include the dir pointed to, as well
 - better location for manpage
-- adjusted block size of tarball at start of tape, to help
-  users w/ broken tape driver firmware
+- adjusted block size of tarball at start of tape, to help users w/ broken tape driver firmware
 - sort -u fstab after modifying it
 - if backup type is nfs then don't estimate noof media
@@ -319 +266 @@
 - wipe only the partition table (not MBR) when repartitioning drives
 - ignore lilo.conf.anaconda when looking for lilo.conf file
-- accepts '-l RAW' to backup/restore original boot sector instead
-  of running grub or lilo to init it after restoring
+- accepts '-l RAW' to backup/restore original boot sector instead of running grub or lilo to init it after restoring
 - fixed&updated stabgrub-me script; software RAID + GRUB work now
 - mount/unmount /boot partition for Gentoo 1.2 users
@@ -326 +272 @@
 - disabled spurious warnings
 - unmount/remount supermounts at start/end of live restore, if nec.
-- cleaned up mondo's tape block handling (now, TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE=128K
-  and I've added INTERNAL_TAPE_BLK_SIZE=32K variable for buffering)
+- cleaned up mondo's tape block handling (now, TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE=128K and I've added INTERNAL_TAPE_BLK_SIZE=32K variable for buffering)
 - added Makefile
 - added -l RAW option, to backup and restore original MBR
@@ -364 +309 @@
 - fixed "Can't find first ISO when verifying nonbootable ISO" bug
 - multithreaded make_afioballs_and_images()
-- tmpdir and scratchdir set sensibly whether mondoarchive is called with
-  command-line parameters or not
-- fixed bug in strip_spaces() which stopped it from handling
-  small strings correctly - affected mountlist editor
-- create a repaired copy of grub-install which is RAID-friendly;
-  use it when initializing boot sector with run_grub()
+- tmpdir and scratchdir set sensibly whether mondoarchive is called with command-line parameters or not
+- fixed bug in strip_spaces() which stopped it from handling small strings correctly - affected mountlist editor
+- create a repaired copy of grub-install which is RAID-friendly; use it when initializing boot sector with run_grub()
 - fixed bug in mondo-makefilelist
 
@@ -387 +329 @@
 - unmount/remount /mnt/floppy before/after backing up, if Mandrake
 - restructured the source files
-- fixed serious bug in line 1546 - should have been !=, not ==; stopped
-  mondorestore from correctly restoring big files
+- fixed serious bug in line 1546 - should have been !=, not ==; stopped mondorestore from correctly restoring big files
 - added '#include <signal.h>' to my-stuff.h
 - exclude "incheckentry xwait()" from changed.files
@@ -395 +336 @@
 - insist on tape #1 when start verifying
 - added internal buffering, replacing the external 'buffer' exe
-- if differential backup then don't permit formatting or fdisking,
-  whether Interactive or Nuke mode
-- if mondorestore is run on live filesystem (or from ramdisk) without
-  parameters then mondorestore will ask which backup media (tape, CD, etc.)
-  was used; it will read the config file from the media and proceed from there
+- if differential backup then don't permit formatting or fdisking, whether Interactive or Nuke mode
+- if mondorestore is run on live filesystem (or from ramdisk) without parameters then mondorestore will ask which backup media (tape, CD, etc.) was used; it will read the config file from the media and proceed from there
 - if tape streamer is softlink then resolve it first
 - incorporate post-nuke tarball
-- if user doesn't specify tape size, proceed anyway; behave intelligently
-  in the event of end-of-tape
-- prefix bkpinfo->restore_path to biggiefile fname before generating
-  checksum & comparing to archived biggiefile
-- if /etc/lilo.conf not found not /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda found
-  then create a softlink from the former to the latter, to work
-  around RH7.3's b0rken LILO support
+- if user doesn't specify tape size, proceed anyway; behave intelligently in the event of end-of-tape
+- prefix bkpinfo->restore_path to biggiefile fname before generating checksum & comparing to archived biggiefile
+- if /etc/lilo.conf not found not /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda found then create a softlink from the former to the latter, to work around RH7.3's b0rken LILO support
 - LFS support (mharris, michele, hugo)
 - fixed verify bug --- CD#1 was being verified again & again & ...
@@ -416 +350 @@
 - better handling of bigfiles' checksums, perms and owns
 - delete final filelist if <=2 bytes long
-- if kernel not found and mondo in graphics mode then popup and ask
-  for kernel path+filename
+- if kernel not found and mondo in graphics mode then popup and ask for kernel path+filename
 - misc clean-ups (Troff)
 - noninteractivity-related & misc clean-ups (Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom)
@@ -431 +364 @@
 - cleaned up live filesystem restoration
 - permit '-0' (no compression) flag
-- if user restores selectively (picks some files to be restored) then
-  large files archived during '-L' (LZO) backup will now be restored properly
+- if user restores selectively (picks some files to be restored) then large files archived during '-L' (LZO) backup will now be restored properly
 - fixed bug in make-me-bootable
 - don't change /tmp's permissions unless it doesn't exist & has to be created
 - changed $i to $j in mondo-makefilelist (Karsten)  
-- fixed 'I refuse to write floppy images to /dev/fd0 because its size is
-  not apparent from its filename' bug
+- fixed 'I refuse to write floppy images to /dev/fd0 because its size is not apparent from its filename' bug
 - disabled 'nr-failed-disks' entry in raidtab generator
 - added '-o' flag to let user choose LILO as CD/floppy's boot loader
@@ -446 +377 @@
 - mondorestore makes /var/run/console in case user excluded it
 - the -s switch now accepts multiple sizes, one per tape/CD
-- added -u switch for streaming to device; like -t (tape) but without
-  various error checks; use with caution
+- added -u switch for streaming to device; like -t (tape) but without various error checks; use with caution
 - bugfixes; cleaned up code (Troff)
 - changed lockfiles from static to random filenames
@@ -454 +384 @@
 - added -follow to search for home (Bruno Vidal)
 - unmount/remount CD-ROM at start/end if supermounted
-- delete old /tmp/filelist.full,biggielist.txt if restoring to
-  live filesystem
+- delete old /tmp/filelist.full,biggielist.txt if restoring to live filesystem
 - if Mindi aborted then show last 6 lines of its log before mondoarchive aborts
 - reformatted, redistributed source code (Stan Benoit)
@@ -467 +396 @@
 
 v1.42-1 (2002-04-07)
-- mondorestore may now be run on live filesystem, i.e. user does not
-  have to reboot in order to restore data; works for CD's and tapes;
-  NFS and ISO restores will be supported at a later date
+- mondorestore may now be run on live filesystem, i.e. user does not have to reboot in order to restore data; works for CD's and tapes; NFS and ISO restores will be supported at a later date
 - fixed restore-time RAID-handling bugs
 - added -E patch to exclude files and/or dirs properly (Andy Glass)
 - cat /proc/cpuinfo and run uname -r; save output to logfile at backup-time
 - fixed minor bug in stablilo-me
-- if /tmp/fstab.new exists then use _it_ instead of /tmp/fstab to label
-  ext2 or ext3 partitions
+- if /tmp/fstab.new exists then use _it_ instead of /tmp/fstab to label ext2 or ext3 partitions
 - bootable CD's now use SYSLINUX instead of LILO (Andy Glass)
 - don't pclose() tape after calling closein_tape(): the latter does it already
@@ -487 +413 @@
 v1.40-7 (2002-03-10)
 - if '-L' then test for lzop; abort if not present
-- if Mondo cannot figure out which boot loader the user is using,
-  tell the user to read the manual and mention -l, -f switches
+- if Mondo cannot figure out which boot loader the user is using, tell the user to read the manual and mention -l, -f switches
 - abort if ramdisk not available
 - updated man page (Mikael Hultgren)
@@ -509 +434 @@
 - added updated docs (Cafeole, Randy Delfs, Stan Benoit et al)
 - added pico to restore-scripts.tgz; deprecated some scripts
-- if restoring to /dev/ida/* or /dev/cciss/* then drop the 'p'
-  before trying to discover the size of the partition itself
+- if restoring to /dev/ida/* or /dev/cciss/* then drop the 'p' before trying to discover the size of the partition itself
 - support pathnames containing spaces (KirkJT)
 - added -C switch, to treat CD burner almost as a tape streamer
@@ -540 +464 @@
 - changed get_phys_size_of_drive() to read value from fdisk, not dmesg
 - if hard disk does not exist then warn user when editing mountlist
-- if boot+floppy disk images were not created then don't offer to write them
-  to disks; instead, mention the mindi.iso bootable CD images   
+- if boot+floppy disk images were not created then don't offer to write them to disks; instead, mention the mindi.iso bootable CD images    
 - exclude each partition's .autofsck from backup
 - fixed bug in CD restoration progress form
@@ -556 +479 @@
 - source code has been beautified (Stan Benoit)
 - makefile, Config implemented (Stan Benoit)
-- use /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg instead of all kinds of silly /tmp files
-  at boot-time; slowly migrating to a proper /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg file
+- use /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg instead of all kinds of silly /tmp files at boot-time; slowly migrating to a proper /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg file
 - changed 'retval+=load_raidtab()' to 'load_raidtab()'
 - patch to make it easier to install Mondo almost anywhere (Ian Mortimer)
-- proper, one-char switches replace the long-winded multi-char switches
-  of 1.36 and earlier
-- migrating from lots of /tmp files in ramdisk to a single configuration
-  file on ramdisk, at /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg
+- proper, one-char switches replace the long-winded multi-char switches of 1.36 and earlier
+- migrating from lots of /tmp files in ramdisk to a single configuration file on ramdisk, at /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg
 - estimates the number of media required by this backup session
 - changed 'retval+=load_raidtab()' to 'load_raidtab()'
@@ -572 +492 @@
 - if the user specifies boot loader or device, record those settings
 - fixed cdrecord-related bug in .spec file
-- if backing up specific paths - e.g. /usr/local/bin - then include
-  /usr and /usr/local/ in filelist; don't backup /usr/* but do recreate
-  /usr and /usr/local/; this is to help the selective restore subroutine
+- if backing up specific paths - e.g. /usr/local/bin - then include /usr and /usr/local/ in filelist; don't backup /usr/* but do recreate /usr and /usr/local/; this is to help the selective restore subroutine
 - user's BIOS is assumed not to be able to handle LILO's sector-seek merging
 - switches --broken-bios, --debug and --chunk-size have been removed
@@ -610 +528 @@
 - if bzip is <v0.99 then abort
 - if hard disk fills to capacity then abort
-- --post-nuke <tarball> will incorporate a tarball of tools and data files
-  of the user's choosing in the boot CD/floppies; the tarball must contain
-  an executable, 'post-nuke', which will be called at the end of Nuke Mode
+- --post-nuke <tarball> will incorporate a tarball of tools and data files of the user's choosing in the boot CD/floppies; the tarball must contain an executable, 'post-nuke', which will be called at the end of Nuke Mode
 - --text-mode forces Mondo Archive to use text only (no newt or ncurses)
 - the deprecated scripts have now been disabled
-- boot floppy will use 'safe' LILO calls; boot CD will use 'fast' LILO calls
-  unless --broken-bios is supplied in call to Mondo
+- boot floppy will use 'safe' LILO calls; boot CD will use 'fast' LILO calls unless --broken-bios is supplied in call to Mondo
 - cdrecord's buffer is now 4 MB (was 16 MB)
 - tape support has been rewritten from ground up
@@ -634 +549 @@
 - fixed bugs in actually_verify_the_tapes()
 - fixed some popen/pclose mismatches
-- no longer run compare_a_biggiefile() right after restore_a_biggiefile(),
-  as it can upset the restoration of biggiefiles which are spread across CD's
+- no longer run compare_a_biggiefile() right after restore_a_biggiefile(), as it can upset the restoration of biggiefiles which are spread across CD's
 
 v1.33-8 (2001-12-19)
@@ -679 +593 @@
 - cosmetic fixes to mondo-prep.c and mondo-newt.c
 - put quotes around chmod's parameter
-- subtract 5% from reported maximum storage capacity of drives, when checking
-  that the parttions will fit; some drives lie about their max cap
+- subtract 5% from reported maximum storage capacity of drives, when checking that the parttions will fit; some drives lie about their max cap
 - stablilo-me no longer tries to mark partitions as bootable
 - better exclusion of /var/log/pacct
 - tape users can now use --verify to verify archives w/o rebooting
 - checksum calculated for every file backed up - for future expansion
-- implemented a _real_ --differential switch, to backup all files changed
-  or added since the last complete backup
+- implemented a _real_ --differential switch, to backup all files changed or added since the last complete backup
 
 v1.32-2 (2001-12-09)
 - if no RAID devices after editing mountlist then delete raidtab
 - don't try to mount RAID partitions (components of RAID dev)
-- don't add partitions to mountlist when extrapolating from mountlist
-  unless the partitions are not already present in mountlist
+- don't add partitions to mountlist when extrapolating from mountlist unless the partitions are not already present in mountlist
 - don't format partitions if partitioning failed
 - when user selects RAID level, establish whether said level is available
@@ -700 +611 @@
 - log_it() makes sure it only writes one \n on the end of each logged line
 - detects if user is using GRUB/LILO/other; abort if neither LILO nor GRUB
-- passes the boot loader's name and device to Mindi, to be available at
-  boot-time
-- if user successfully restores using Nuke or Interactive w/o error then Mondo
-  generates a random message, basically saying, "Cool."
+- passes the boot loader's name and device to Mindi, to be available at boot-time
+- if user successfully restores using Nuke or Interactive w/o error then Mondo generates a random message, basically saying, "Cool."
 - enlarged afio's "-M" parameter from 12M to 16M
-- if stablilo-me fails then restore the original lilo.conf and fstab before
-  offering user the opportunity to edit them (Dean Carpenter)
+- if stablilo-me fails then restore the original lilo.conf and fstab before offering user the opportunity to edit them (Dean Carpenter)
 - added ISO Mode, to let user restore from ISO images in directory
 - cosmetic fix to compare/restore phase windows
@@ -718 +626 @@
 - exclude each device's lost+found directory
 - mountlist editor now permits advanced editing of RAID devices
-- fixed a silly bug that was causing freeze-up on <1% of systems; if biggielist
-  was empty then sometimes mondo-archive would freeze when backing up big files
-  (cos there weren't any *g*)
+- fixed a silly bug that was causing freeze-up on <1% of systems; if biggielist was empty then sometimes mondo-archive would freeze when backing up big files (cos there weren't any *g*)
 - partition and set type in 2-stage process (was 1-stage)
 - cleaned up Compare Mode's logging a bit, to make it more legible
@@ -726 +632 @@
 - exclude ext3's .journal files from backup (yes, this time I really do)
 - '--my-kernel SUCKS' has been replaced with '--my-kernel FAILSAFE'
-- softlink mondo-restore to /usr/bin/ before calling Mindi, so that Mindi can
-  pick up mondo-restore and its depdendencies easily
+- softlink mondo-restore to /usr/bin/ before calling Mindi, so that Mindi can pick up mondo-restore and its depdendencies easily
 - copy mondo-restore to Mondo's temp dir before calling Mindi
 - don't try to compress MP3's, MPG's, WMV's or RA's
-- cleaned up mondo-newt.c; alphabetized the subroutines; moved some tools from
-  there to mondo-tools.c
-- mondo-tarme and mondo-restore are now compiled as dynamic executables; I
-  have amended install.sh and mondo-1.31.spec accordingly
+- cleaned up mondo-newt.c; alphabetized the subroutines; moved some tools from there to mondo-tools.c
+- mondo-tarme and mondo-restore are now compiled as dynamic executables; I have amended install.sh and mondo-1.31.spec accordingly
 - now make boot/data floppies at end of backup, not beginning
 - backup in alphabetical order now, not reverse-alpha
-- if Compare Mode reports changed files /var/* and /etc/mtab only then tell
-  the user their archives are good despite the differneces
+- if Compare Mode reports changed files /var/* and /etc/mtab only then tell the user their archives are good despite the differneces
 - cut back on excessively verbose logging at backup-time
 - when vacuum-packing a partition, describe it as "(max size)", not "(0 MB)"
 - if swap is already mounted, don't abort: just say, 'swap already mounted'
-- when unmounting all devices, don't try to unmount something if it's not even
-  mounted; if it's not mounted, say so but don't try to unmount it: you'll 
-  just end up looking very silly :)
+- when unmounting all devices, don't try to unmount something if it's not even mounted; if it's not mounted, say so but don't try to unmount it: you'll just end up looking very silly :)
 
 v1.30 (2001-11-28)
-- I have reorganized the C code, sorted the subroutines alphabetically, and
-  re-jigged Mondo's installation routines (inc. the RPM spec file) to reflect
-  the changes
-- check for mondo-restore's presence; if absent then abort & ask user to check
-  to see if Mondo was installed properly
+- I have reorganized the C code, sorted the subroutines alphabetically, and re-jigged Mondo's installation routines (inc. the RPM spec file) to reflect the changes
+- check for mondo-restore's presence; if absent then abort & ask user to check to see if Mondo was installed properly
 - always exclude /var/log/pacct from backup
 - optimal set size is now 24MB
 - install.sh will abort w/error if compilation of mondo-* fails
 - after creating the mountlist, put a copy in Mondo's tmp directory
-- each ext3 filesystem has a .journal file in its base directory; Mondo will
-  now exclude each of these journal files automatically
-- use the archived copy of LILO, not the copy from the restore-time ramdisk,
-  to configure the MBR
+- each ext3 filesystem has a .journal file in its base directory; Mondo will now exclude each of these journal files automatically
+- use the archived copy of LILO, not the copy from the restore-time ramdisk, to configure the MBR
 - size_of_file() now returns long long, not long
 - find mondo-archive and set MONDO_PATH accordingly
 - scratchdir is /home/mondo.scratch by default
-- at backup-time, run mondo-restore in test mode to make sure that the
-  executable is sane & will run OK at restore-time
+- at backup-time, run mondo-restore in test mode to make sure that the executable is sane & will run OK at restore-time
 
 v1.19 (2001-11-14)
@@ -770 +664 @@
 - at restore-time, always check for presence of decompressor; abort if notfound
 - run 'chmod -r 1777 /mnt/RESTORING/tmp' after restoring
-- fixed bugs in Compare Mode:-
-  - missing else{}
-  - erroneous 'cannot add archive' error; res+=retval should have read
-    retval+=res (Tony Kim)
-- use 'umount /mnt/cdrom' instead of 'umount /dev/cdrom', to make it compatible
-  with busybox's umount command
-- fixed bug in mondo-archive which stopped Mondo from pausing to retry if the
-  CD/ISO fails the verification phase
+- fixed bugs in Compare Mode:- - missing else{} - erroneous 'cannot add archive' error; res+=retval should have read retval+=res (Tony Kim)
+- use 'umount /mnt/cdrom' instead of 'umount /dev/cdrom', to make it compatible with busybox's umount command
+- fixed bug in mondo-archive which stopped Mondo from pausing to retry if the CD/ISO fails the verification phase
 - modified compare_all_tarballs() in mondo-restore.c
-- if running interactively then offer to modify fstab and lilo.conf if user
-  says s/he has modified the mountlist
-- if mondo-tarme segfaults (as it does, on a _very_ few systems) then Mondo
-  picks up on the fact & reports it
-- when restoring, create /mnt/RESTORING/tmp before _and_ after restoring data,
-  just in case it is necessary; also set permissions okay
+- if running interactively then offer to modify fstab and lilo.conf if user says s/he has modified the mountlist
+- if mondo-tarme segfaults (as it does, on a _very_ few systems) then Mondo picks up on the fact & reports it
+- when restoring, create /mnt/RESTORING/tmp before _and_ after restoring data, just in case it is necessary; also set permissions okay
 - C code is now compiled 'O0' (without optimizations)
 - each CD's slices were being listed to screen; now, piped to /dev/null
@@ -794 +680 @@
 v1.17 (2001-10-20)
 - the deprecated scripts now work with LZO
-- if mondo-restore cannot mount all devices, it will _unmount_ whatever it did
-  mount, before it returns an error
+- if mondo-restore cannot mount all devices, it will _unmount_ whatever it did mount, before it returns an error
 - works with Red Hat 6.2 and 2.2.19 kernel
 - cosmetic change to output (no more 'burning first/last CD' msgs)
 - abort if user uses '--use-lzo' but doesn't install LZO(P) first
 - changed --differential's \( and \) to ( and ) <-- thanks, Michael Moellney)
-- added Marcus Oberhumer's LZO to Mindi and Mondo; use '--use-lzo' switch
-  to activate this groovy new compression algorithm; it is not as efficient
-  as bzip2 but it is can take up to 50% less time than bzip2 to compress data
+- added Marcus Oberhumer's LZO to Mindi and Mondo; use '--use-lzo' switch to activate this groovy new compression algorithm; it is not as efficient as bzip2 but it is can take up to 50% less time than bzip2 to compress data
 - incorporated Bruno Cornec's "--cd-recovery" patch
 - at restore-time, set biggiefiles to +x
@@ -808 +691 @@
 - don't report non-existent differences/errors between archives and filesystem
 - fixed bug in --differential switch (Michael Moellney)
-- scripts will no longer function unless gawk and printf are included in
-  Mindi's deplist.txt; add them if you want to use the scripts
+- scripts will no longer function unless gawk and printf are included in Mindi's deplist.txt; add them if you want to use the scripts
 
 v1.16 (2001-10-10)
 - default scratchdir is `pwd`/mondo.scratch.$$ (was mondo.scratch)
-- when asking user to send me a log file, warn them that the log file may
-  contain information which they do not want me to see but point out that I
-  cannot help much unless I have a copy of their log file
-- when comparing to or restoring from tape, only update the progree form
-  if/when I've just restored files; otherwise, I would screw up the time est.s
+- when asking user to send me a log file, warn them that the log file may contain information which they do not want me to see but point out that I cannot help much unless I have a copy of their log file
+- when comparing to or restoring from tape, only update the progree form if/when I've just restored files; otherwise, I would screw up the time est.s
 - increase afio's block count from 256 to 1024 when restoring from tape
 - plays nicely with devfs-enabled kernels and distros
-- when restoring or comparing, track progress by the archive# (N out of M),
-  not by the file#; the former is more reliable and useful than the latter
-- has been tested successfully with the following distros
-  - Linux-Mandrake 8.1 and its 2.4.8, devfs-enabled stock kernel --- tape / CDR
-  - Red Hat 7.1 and its 2.4.2 stock kernel --- tape / CDR
-- tape streamers are now supported; use the '--write-tapes <dev> <sizeMB>'
-  switch, e.g. --write-tapes /dev/st0 4096
+- when restoring or comparing, track progress by the archive# (N out of M), not by the file#; the former is more reliable and useful than the latter
+- has been tested successfully with the following distros - Linux-Mandrake 8.1 and its 2.4.8, devfs-enabled stock kernel --- tape / CDR - Red Hat 7.1 and its 2.4.2 stock kernel --- tape / CDR
+- tape streamers are now supported; use the '--write-tapes <dev> <sizeMB>' switch, e.g. --write-tapes /dev/st0 4096
 - LVM support is stabilizing
-- when mounting/unmounting partitions to be restored, don't forget to 
-  mount/unmount the swap partitions
+- when mounting/unmounting partitions to be restored, don't forget to mount/unmount the swap partitions
 - when zeroing a drive, use plain old C fopen/fputc/fclose, not 'dd'
-- after restoring data and running LILO, unmount (as usual) and then run
-  label-partitions-as-necessary, to set the ext2fs LABELs if it is appropriate
+- after restoring data and running LILO, unmount (as usual) and then run label-partitions-as-necessary, to set the ext2fs LABELs if it is appropriate
 - fixed bugs in selective restoration scripts and executable
-- fixed silly bug in hack-lilo; bug was triggered when I moved to Mandrake 8.1;
-  bug caused '/dev/fd0' entry in lilo.conf to become corrupted
-- if user tries to make a bootable rescue CD with the '--no-bkpath' switch then
-  politely direct them to Mindi :-)
+- fixed silly bug in hack-lilo; bug was triggered when I moved to Mandrake 8.1; bug caused '/dev/fd0' entry in lilo.conf to become corrupted
+- if user tries to make a bootable rescue CD with the '--no-bkpath' switch then politely direct them to Mindi :-)
 
 v1.15 (2001-09-28)
-- serialized the call to mondo-filelistchop.c; helps to improve visual feedback
-  (yeah, sounds weird but it's true)
+- serialized the call to mondo-filelistchop.c; helps to improve visual feedback (yeah, sounds weird but it's true)
 - the switches --differential and --exclude-paths should play nicely now
 - improved the logging a bit, esp. when ejecting or unmounting CD's
-- improved the visual feedback (specifically, the bar and percentage figures
-  indicating time spent & remaining)
+- improved the visual feedback (specifically, the bar and percentage figures indicating time spent & remaining)
 - experimental LVM support
 - fixed 'cannot eject CD' bug, which was caused by busybox's sync & umount
@@ -852 +721 @@
 - fail if user runs mondo-archive _from CD_; this is for the user's protection
 - fixed silly bug in mount-me (a crucial line was disabled)
-- working on stablilo-me, hack-lilo and hack-fstab to make sure they work 
-  with the new, busybox-based Mindi v0.41
-- Mindi v0.41 is very different from v0.40, internally anyway; so, I had to do
-  a lot of testing to make sure Mondo would play nicely with the new Mindi
+- working on stablilo-me, hack-lilo and hack-fstab to make sure they work with the new, busybox-based Mindi v0.41
+- Mindi v0.41 is very different from v0.40, internally anyway; so, I had to do a lot of testing to make sure Mondo would play nicely with the new Mindi
 
 v1.14 (2001-09-18)
 - if verify is enabled then verify each CD/ISO after writing it
-- fixed a quasi-bug in mondo/mount-me; this script used 'sort +1' which is
-  not supported by busybox; I've changed it to just plain old 'sort'
+- fixed a quasi-bug in mondo/mount-me; this script used 'sort +1' which is not supported by busybox; I've changed it to just plain old 'sort'
 - Mondo now tells Mindi whether or not to use its stock kernel
 - fixed bug in 'biggify-me' script; now, checksums will be verified
 - fixed bug in checksum comparison code (mondo-restore.c)
-- reimplemented '--verify' switch; now, user can verify ISO's or CD's against
-  the live filesystem, just for 'belt and braces' emotional security
+- reimplemented '--verify' switch; now, user can verify ISO's or CD's against the live filesystem, just for 'belt and braces' emotional security
 - improved the error-reporting at restore-time (if tarball cannot be accessed)
-- if user does not specify CD-R(W) drive's speed or device then Mondo will
-  try to locate the drive and will assume 4x speed
-- user may now type 'edit-mountlist' after booting, if they want to edit the
-  mountlist without risking accidentally wiping their hard disks
+- if user does not specify CD-R(W) drive's speed or device then Mondo will try to locate the drive and will assume 4x speed
+- user may now type 'edit-mountlist' after booting, if they want to edit the mountlist without risking accidentally wiping their hard disks
 - fixed a few silly typos in the error messages in mondo-tarme
 - updated the FAQ
 - added code to verify ISO images
-- used 'blank=fast' instead of '-blank fast' for backward-compatibility with
-  older versions of cdrecord
-- if nonzero value returned by Mondo, then Mondo creates a mondo.err.$$.tgz
-  tarball containing log files & stuff, which it tells the user to e-mail me
+- used 'blank=fast' instead of '-blank fast' for backward-compatibility with older versions of cdrecord
+- if nonzero value returned by Mondo, then Mondo creates a mondo.err.$$.tgz tarball containing log files & stuff, which it tells the user to e-mail me
 - when debugging, don't pause before running mondo-tarme; just run it
 - automatically exclude any file including '/vmmhiber.w9x' in its pathname
 - added Minix support (although I doubt anyone needs it)
-- ported mondo-tarme to C
-  - prettier interface at run-time (backup), giving better feedback
-  - obviates a mysterious, intermittent bug in bash itself
-  - shows '% done' when burning CD
+- ported mondo-tarme to C - prettier interface at run-time (backup), giving better feedback - obviates a mysterious, intermittent bug in bash itself - shows '% done' when burning CD
 - afio now has a 12MB FIFO buffer (was 16MB)
 - cdrecord now has a 20MB FIFO buffer (was 24MB)
@@ -897 +755 @@
 - mondo-tarme now uses -M 16m -t 4k in its call to afio, to improve performance
 - fixed mondo-restore.c's mkreiserfs call; ditto, prep-me's mkreiserfs call
-- fixed mondo-restore.c's compare_a_biggiefile() subroutine, which would
-  generate erroneous error messages
-- fixed mondo-archive.c's restore_a_biggiefile() and restore_all_biggiefiles()
-  subroutines; I can't get them to break but others can, so I've streamlined
-  the code to make them easier to debug and in theory more stable too
-- fixed 'hack-fstab' to make sure that non-LABELed partitions are correctly
-  moved/changed, etc.
+- fixed mondo-restore.c's compare_a_biggiefile() subroutine, which would generate erroneous error messages
+- fixed mondo-archive.c's restore_a_biggiefile() and restore_all_biggiefiles() subroutines; I can't get them to break but others can, so I've streamlined the code to make them easier to debug and in theory more stable too
+- fixed 'hack-fstab' to make sure that non-LABELed partitions are correctly moved/changed, etc.
 - fixed the 'space in big filename' bug (I think)
-- make Interactive Mode sort the mountlist (by partition size) before creating
-  the dirs and mounting the partitions to them
+- make Interactive Mode sort the mountlist (by partition size) before creating the dirs and mounting the partitions to them
 - fixed a slew of bugs related to Red Hat's LABEL= extensions
-- cleaned up mondo-restore.c and mondo-newt.c; replaced lots of arbitrary
-  limits and lengths with a small number of #define's
-- added some sample RAID0/1/5 raidtab (config) files to restore-scripts.tgz,
-  which will be restored to the ramdisk's /etc dir when the user boots from
-  the CD; this will only take up an extra 50K or so & will help any user
-  who is moving from non-RAID to RAID
+- cleaned up mondo-restore.c and mondo-newt.c; replaced lots of arbitrary limits and lengths with a small number of #define's
+- added some sample RAID0/1/5 raidtab (config) files to restore-scripts.tgz, which will be restored to the ramdisk's /etc dir when the user boots from the CD; this will only take up an extra 50K or so & will help any user who is moving from non-RAID to RAID
 - changed FIFO size to 20MB
-- only use the VFAT kludge on /dev/hda1 or /dev/sda1; otherwise, even if
-  the partition type is VFAT, do a regular mkfs.vfat
+- only use the VFAT kludge on /dev/hda1 or /dev/sda1; otherwise, even if the partition type is VFAT, do a regular mkfs.vfat
 - if mkfs.vfat doesn't exist, use mkfs.dos
 - only try to add 'LABEL=' to ext2 and ext3 partitions
 - moved a bunch of scripts from Mindi's rootfs.tgz to our restore-scripts.tgz
-- fixed bugs in mondo-restore.c, which would sometimes just sit there when
-  trying to compare or restore big files that were spread across CD's
-- Interactive Mode goes straight to 'mondo-restore --interactive' now, i.e.
-  the user doesn't have to choose Interactive once at boot and once within 
-  mondo-restore
+- fixed bugs in mondo-restore.c, which would sometimes just sit there when trying to compare or restore big files that were spread across CD's
+- Interactive Mode goes straight to 'mondo-restore --interactive' now, i.e.  the user doesn't have to choose Interactive once at boot and once within mondo-restore
 - better post-run clean-up
 - improved mondo-restore.c's error-reporting a little bit
-- stablilo-me (the script) now supports Red Hat's "LABEL=" extensions to
-  /etc/fstab, via the script, 'label-partitions-as-necessary'
+- stablilo-me (the script) now supports Red Hat's "LABEL=" extensions to /etc/fstab, via the script, 'label-partitions-as-necessary'
 - added a user-friendly mountlist editor to mondo-restore.c
 - added lots of sanity-checking to mountlist editor
@@ -937 +781 @@
 - amended the .spec file to be saner when building RPM's
 - archives are named '.afio.bz2' instead of '.tar.bz2'
-- mondo-archive, mondo-tarme, mondo-restore.c and the DEPRECATED scripts have
-  been amended accordingly
+- mondo-archive, mondo-tarme, mondo-restore.c and the DEPRECATED scripts have been amended accordingly
 - should be able to create up to 20 CD-R's per backup set now
 - moved a line within prep-me that was in the wrong place (thanks, Fran Boon!)
@@ -944 +787 @@
 - added 10-second delay before mondo-restore's Nuke Mode, to let the user abort
 - really fixed the '/mnt/RESTORING/tmp' permissions bug (thanks, Ang Tan!)
-- sometimes, bash gets all screwed up & won't let the user type 'continue' when
-  Mondo asks them to; if that happens, Mondo will detect it & use a different 
-  kind of mondo-askme; the new mondo-askme will check every 10 minutes for a
-  blank CD; if it's there, then the burn continues
+- sometimes, bash gets all screwed up & won't let the user type 'continue' when Mondo asks them to; if that happens, Mondo will detect it & use a different kind of mondo-askme; the new mondo-askme will check every 10 minutes for a blank CD; if it's there, then the burn continues
 - abort if isodir or scratchdir is a softlink
-- replaced mondo-askme with a good shell script, to work around flaws in
-  bash and/or kernel (don't know which)
-- added a failsafe kernel to Mindi, which means you don't have to make sure
-  your kernel is suitable for a boot disk; you can just use Mindi's instead
+- replaced mondo-askme with a good shell script, to work around flaws in bash and/or kernel (don't know which)
+- added a failsafe kernel to Mindi, which means you don't have to make sure your kernel is suitable for a boot disk; you can just use Mindi's instead
 - make+chop filelist _after_ calling Mindi
 - updated the FAQ
@@ -960 +798 @@
 - added -pad -sort to the call to mkisofs
 - stop saying, "N files differ so far" after comparing each tarball
-- updated the FAQ, to remind users that they can boot from floppy images if
-  their kernel does not have the right support of CD-ROM's, filesystems, etc.
+- updated the FAQ, to remind users that they can boot from floppy images if their kernel does not have the right support of CD-ROM's, filesystems, etc.
 - erroneous error-reporting by /mondo/biggify-me; fixed (David Granz)
 - don't estimate the time remaining unless >20 sets processed already
-- default set size (uncompressed) is now 8MB (was 12MB); when 8MB, seems 
-  to run more smoothly & a little quicker, too, at restore-time
+- default set size (uncompressed) is now 8MB (was 12MB); when 8MB, seems to run more smoothly & a little quicker, too, at restore-time
 - chmod 1777 /mnt/RESTORING/tmp after restoring/creating /tmp
 - dropped mondo-askme.c; using regular 'read' instead
@@ -971 +807 @@
 - cdrecord now uses a 16MB FIFO buffer (was 8MB)
 - fixed floating point error in mondo-restore (when showing progress)
-- when mondo-restore is called without params (e.g. by Interactive Mode), it
-  lets the user choose between nuke, interactive or compare (or abort)
+- when mondo-restore is called without params (e.g. by Interactive Mode), it lets the user choose between nuke, interactive or compare (or abort)
 - updated the FAQ
 - working on Cuckoo Mode...
@@ -979 +814 @@
 - default compression level is now 3 (was 2)
 - retry/fail/abort loop bug fixed
-- calls mindi with "--custom $TMP $scratchdir/images" to force mindi to use
-  my temp dir and to put the images in my 'images' folder
+- calls mindi with "--custom $TMP $scratchdir/images" to force mindi to use my temp dir and to put the images in my 'images' folder
 
 v1.08 (2001-07-28)
@@ -989 +823 @@
 v1.07 (2001-07-22)
 - fixed cosmetic mistake in an error msg in mondo-tarme ('continue'-related)
-- hack-fstab now uses "defaults 0 0" instead of "default 1 3" when making
-  a new entry in /etc/fstab
+- hack-fstab now uses "defaults 0 0" instead of "default 1 3" when making a new entry in /etc/fstab
 - /mondo/restore-me always makes /mnt/RESTORING/tmp; so does mondo-restore.c
 - cosmetic changes to mondo-restore.c's screen output
-- RAID-related enhancements to mondo-restore.c
-  - RAID bkp/restore appears to be stable
-  - it is possible to move from non-RAID to RAID by backing up, wiping,
-    creating /etc/raidtab, modifying /tmp/mountlist.txt and then restoring
-  - mondo-restore.c works well
-  - the only weakness is that the kernel's messages are written to the
-    current console, not to a separate console... HELP? :-)
+- RAID-related enhancements to mondo-restore.c - RAID bkp/restore appears to be stable - it is possible to move from non-RAID to RAID by backing up, wiping, creating /etc/raidtab, modifying /tmp/mountlist.txt and then restoring - mondo-restore.c works well - the only weakness is that the kernel's messages are written to the current console, not to a separate console... HELP? :-)
 - updated README (esp. FAQ) and TODO
 - tested with Linux 2.4.7; works fine
-- mondo-1.07.spec and install.sh compile every C program with -lncurses, just
-  in case some programs (besides mondo-restore.c) need the NCURSES library
+- mondo-1.07.spec and install.sh compile every C program with -lncurses, just in case some programs (besides mondo-restore.c) need the NCURSES library
 - mondo-restore.c is now compiled statically
 
@@ -1010 +836 @@
 - install.sh only compiles mondo-restore.c once now
 - if scratchdir or isodir contain more than one path (each), abort
-- mondo-restore.c creates dummy partitions if the user starts the official
-  etc/fstab table at /dev/hda7 or something; so, partitioning should work,
-  even if the mountlist has some gaps
+- mondo-restore.c creates dummy partitions if the user starts the official etc/fstab table at /dev/hda7 or something; so, partitioning should work, even if the mountlist has some gaps
 - for each /dev/md* device in the mountlist, run raidstop before mkraid
 
@@ -1032 +856 @@
 - added 'mondo-restore.c'
     - C program, to replace the old restore scripts
-    - Mindi will incorporate it in the data disks, if it can find Mondo
-        - Mindi will also incorporate the old restore scripts (from Mondo)
-          just in case the new C program doesn't work
+    - Mindi will incorporate it in the data disks, if it can find Mondo - Mindi will also incorporate the old restore scripts (from Mondo) just in case the new C program doesn't work
     - calls the script, 'stablilo-me' to run LILO if desired
-- added 'restore-scripts.tgz', which contains the /mondo scripts that used
-  to live in Mindi; now, Mindi grabs them from here if necessary
+- added 'restore-scripts.tgz', which contains the /mondo scripts that used to live in Mindi; now, Mindi grabs them from here if necessary
 - cleared up Mode-related scripts & the executable to replace them
 - if mkisofs fails, ABORT, don't just warn
-- added '--differential' option, to backup the files changed during the 
-  last N days (N specified by user)
+- added '--differential' option, to backup the files changed during the last N days (N specified by user)
 
 v1.02 (2001-07-07)
 - retract the CD tray after asking user to enter 'continue' (PauseAndAskForCDR)
-- uses C program instead of bash loop for PauseAndAskForCDR; some bash versions
-  go into an infinite loop for no reason; hopefully, outsourcing to C will help
+- uses C program instead of bash loop for PauseAndAskForCDR; some bash versions go into an infinite loop for no reason; hopefully, outsourcing to C will help
 - when slicing, indicate progress ("N slices...")
-- when told to '--burn-cds', Mondo pipes mkisofs's output to cdrecord, instead
-  of saving the ISO file to disk first; this change will save time and space
-  (not in the Star Trek sense, however *smile*)
+- when told to '--burn-cds', Mondo pipes mkisofs's output to cdrecord, instead of saving the ISO file to disk first; this change will save time and space (not in the Star Trek sense, however *smile*)
 - default set size (native) is now 12MB
 - copy /usr/share/mondo to correct directory within CD
@@ -1059 +876 @@
 
 v1.00 (2001-07-04)
-- thanks to recent changes to Mindi, Mondo is now compatible with the 
-  filesystem formats JFS, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS and ext2 (if your own kernel is)
-- CDs [2-N] do not have boot floppy images on them; only CD#1 does (although
-  CDs [2-N] do have the El Torito boot image, just in case...)
-- modified the --burn-cds switch; now it takes 3rd param, 'cdrw' (optional) to
-  let you wipe and rewrite CDRWs instead of wasting CDRs ;-)
+- thanks to recent changes to Mindi, Mondo is now compatible with the filesystem formats JFS, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS and ext2 (if your own kernel is)
+- CDs [2-N] do not have boot floppy images on them; only CD#1 does (although CDs [2-N] do have the El Torito boot image, just in case...)
+- modified the --burn-cds switch; now it takes 3rd param, 'cdrw' (optional) to let you wipe and rewrite CDRWs instead of wasting CDRs ;-)
 - removed that PID thing; doesn't work; please don't run Mondo twice at once :)
 - removed that "filenames contain '|'" error & associated problems
@@ -1075 +889 @@
 - don't make MD5 checksums if verify_level==0
 - when archiving, make N.tar.bz2 and cklist.txt (tarball+checksums) in parallel
-- at end of mondo-archive, remove scratchdir and TMP completely IF they were
-  created by Mondo (e.g. /home/mondo.scratch or /home/tmp.mondo.12345)
-- fill CD/image up to 1MB less than its max size; was being filled up to about
-  8MB less than its max size, which wasted 8-10MB of storage space per disk
+- at end of mondo-archive, remove scratchdir and TMP completely IF they were created by Mondo (e.g. /home/mondo.scratch or /home/tmp.mondo.12345)
+- fill CD/image up to 1MB less than its max size; was being filled up to about 8MB less than its max size, which wasted 8-10MB of storage space per disk
 
 v0.99 (2001-03-15)
@@ -1104 +916 @@
 
 v0.976 (2000-09-01)
-- technical changes
-  - 12MB ramdisk
-  - repackaged: now, Mondo comes in big tarball/RPM with all overhead-files
-  - each Mondo CD has a 15MB administrative overhead; used to be 50-60MB
-  - definitely 386-compatible now (RH 6.2 binaries)
-  - Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (2.2.16) kernel w/ReiserFS & Supermount
-  - modules.conf / conf.modules support (whichever you've got)
-  - user may include their own copies of modules, if Mondo doesn't come with
-    the requisite modules already
-- extra facilities
-  - ReiserFS support
-  - '--load-modules <foo> <bar> ...' will allow you to force Mondo to load
-    key modules at boot-time, e.g. aic7xxx for SCSI-only users
-- bugfixes
-  - path-exclusion code (mondo-backup)
-  - bogus 'flaws=1' message has been eradicated
-  - CDRW-finding code is now much better at finding the CDRW correctly
-  - dummy burn mode is working again
-  - fixed security hole (thanks, Matija); now, user will be warned if Mondo
-    is configured to execute /tmp/mondo-tarme
-  - changed lots of 'grep " $string "' to 'grep -w "$string"' (thanks, Matija)
+- technical changes - 12MB ramdisk - repackaged: now, Mondo comes in big tarball/RPM with all overhead-files - each Mondo CD has a 15MB administrative overhead; used to be 50-60MB - definitely 386-compatible now (RH 6.2 binaries) - Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (2.2.16) kernel w/ReiserFS & Supermount - modules.conf / conf.modules support (whichever you've got) - user may include their own copies of modules, if Mondo doesn't come with the requisite modules already
+- extra facilities - ReiserFS support - '--load-modules <foo> <bar> ...' will allow you to force Mondo to load key modules at boot-time, e.g. aic7xxx for SCSI-only users
+- bugfixes - path-exclusion code (mondo-backup) - bogus 'flaws=1' message has been eradicated - CDRW-finding code is now much better at finding the CDRW correctly - dummy burn mode is working again - fixed security hole (thanks, Matija); now, user will be warned if Mondo is configured to execute /tmp/mondo-tarme - changed lots of 'grep " $string "' to 'grep -w "$string"' (thanks, Matija)
 
 v0.975 (2000-07-03)
@@ -1140 +934 @@
 
 v0.972 (2000-06-16)
-- auto-archive, mondo-archive and mondo-tarme updated to make them more
-  friendly towards mult-disk sets
+- auto-archive, mondo-archive and mondo-tarme updated to make them more friendly towards mult-disk sets
 - if multiple CDRW drives, user is asked which mondo-archive should use
 
 v0.971 (2000-06-14)
 - auto-archive now passes CD size to mondo-archive
-- mondo-tarme, in conjunction with auto-archive, now handles CDRW boot/burn
-  sharing much better than before
+- mondo-tarme, in conjunction with auto-archive, now handles CDRW boot/burn sharing much better than before
 
 v0.970 (2000-06-10)
@@ -1153 +945 @@
 - lots of silly bugs & overhead problems fixed; 2nd floppy closer to working
 - restore scripts all log to /var/log/mondo-restore.log
-- auto-archive:-
-    - offers Low, Medium or High compression
-    - no longer needs a spare hard drive for scratch space; uses loopfs on
-      existing hard drive (if possible) instead
-    - handles weird (multi-CDROM) PCs more gracefully now
-    - handles PCs with CDRW but without CDROM more gracefully now
-    - deletes each ISO after burning it to a CD-R (if it _is_ burning them)
-    - asks if PC is old & crappy; if it is, IDE optimizations are disabled
-      at backup-time and restore-time
-    - lets user use CDRW for booting _and_ burning, thanks to reroute-softlinks
+- auto-archive:- - offers Low, Medium or High compression - no longer needs a spare hard drive for scratch space; uses loopfs on existing hard drive (if possible) instead - handles weird (multi-CDROM) PCs more gracefully now - handles PCs with CDRW but without CDROM more gracefully now - deletes each ISO after burning it to a CD-R (if it _is_ burning them) - asks if PC is old & crappy; if it is, IDE optimizations are disabled at backup-time and restore-time - lets user use CDRW for booting _and_ burning, thanks to reroute-softlinks
 - selective restore is finally fixed
 - nicer help screens on boot floppy
@@ -1182 +965 @@
 v0.963 (2000-05-31)
 - ISO images are no longer padded
-- all currently-loaded modules are backed up to custom hboot.img & installed
-  at restore-time before CD is accessed
+- all currently-loaded modules are backed up to custom hboot.img & installed at restore-time before CD is accessed
 - '--burn-cd <speed>' switch added
-- '--no-opt' switch added; use it in the call to mondo-archive if you don't
-  want IDE optimization when restoring
+- '--no-opt' switch added; use it in the call to mondo-archive if you don't want IDE optimization when restoring
 - lots of work done on auto-archive
 - mondo-extras-1.5 created; excludes mondo-zfile but includes hlib.tar.bz2
 - boot floppy image now includes kernel w/lots of SCSI stuff
 - slice* deleted (WipeArchives); was 'slices*' (bug!)
-- restore scripts all use 'lastbit-me' to find the 'X' part of '/dev/X' device;
-  this will make it easier to port Mondo to kernel 2.4.x
-- I cannot make SCSI-based CDROMs boot from Mondo CDs properly... but SCSI
-  hard drives and ZIP drives should be handled ok from now on
-- with a little coaxing, Mondo will backup Windows-only PCs (as well as
-  Lin/Win and Linux-only PCs)
+- restore scripts all use 'lastbit-me' to find the 'X' part of '/dev/X' device; this will make it easier to port Mondo to kernel 2.4.x
+- I cannot make SCSI-based CDROMs boot from Mondo CDs properly... but SCSI hard drives and ZIP drives should be handled ok from now on
+- with a little coaxing, Mondo will backup Windows-only PCs (as well as Lin/Win and Linux-only PCs)
 
 v0.962 (2000-05-25)
@@ -1224 +1002 @@
 - mondo-vfat-1.0 package released, to provide kludging for VFAT bootables
 - logfile now saved at /var/log/mondo-archive.log (not `pwd`/mondo-archive.log)
-- pid registered/checked _after_ command line processed... so you can do --help
-  without being shouted at ;)
+- pid registered/checked _after_ command line processed... so you can do --help without being shouted at ;)
 - restore-me broken into 2 scripts: untar-me and biggify-me
 - restore-subroutine-me now renamed untar-subroutine-me
-- bzip2 decompression should work again ;) ... a missing '-Z' was added to
-  the afio call, and the usr/lib/libbz* libraries are now included on CD ISOs
+- bzip2 decompression should work again ;) ... a missing '-Z' was added to the afio call, and the usr/lib/libbz* libraries are now included on CD ISOs
 - fixed hack-lilo to ignore blank lines
-- really ugly boot kludge has been implemented, using embleer files
-  to make newly-formatted VFAT partitions bootable
+- really ugly boot kludge has been implemented, using embleer files to make newly-formatted VFAT partitions bootable