MONDO TODO Hugo Rabson 07/04/2004 Newer stuff - implement "disk-to-disk copying" feature - include mini X server on diskettes - backup levels (1-9) Important stuff - Webmin support? Groovy ideas - get it working with devfs totally - none of this 'backward compatbility' #!$@ - add encryption option (so that the archives will be encrypted) Other ideas - (JH) give mondo-archive a "disk usage" counter (display) - (JH) better 'free space needed' calculation in mondo-archive Documentation - thoroughly document each script & its function, in the source code - flowchart everything; save in PostScript & publish on web TASKS PROCESSED - write a TODO file :-) - write a CHANGES file - proper command-line switches - more switches/options - make switches and '--help' user-friendly - make it possible to burn CDs straight from script, if user wants to (using the '--call-after-iso ' switch) - well, implement some, to start with :-) <-- command-line switches - make it possible to write to CDRW disks directly from script, prompting for disk change <-- using '--call-make-iso ' switch - clean up the scripts, esp. mondo-archive, its "MakeTarballsAndImages" routine and the main loop - release a stable copy w/no known bugs & declare v0.90 (it's about time) ...well, one problem reported w/user's BASH but I'm working on that ;) - rewrite filelist splitter (parallelize it) - MakeAllFilelists & - while [ "`ps MakeAllFilelists`' is running ] || [ "filelist.N+1" exists ] ; do WaitForFilelist N MakeSet N done - directly support CDRs in kernel and scripts (?) - to burn a CD after creating the ISO image, use --call-after-iso "cdrecord ... ; eject /dev/cdrom" etc. - I'm not sure if the kernel has all the necessary features compiled into it; I'm looking into it. - write a 'man' page <----- type 'mondo-archive --help' - verify ISO archives against filesystem, to make sure there's no corruption - verify ISO filelists against original filelist, to make sure all files were backed up that should have been, and none were backed up that shouldn't - parallelized filelist-creation and -tarballing, to improve speed - added --verify option, to give LOTS more confidence in archives - mailing list? <----- now possible, thanks to SourceForge (underway) - write a proper README / quickstart file - better self-checking for prep-me - make kernel modular; include modules in tarball, to be put on CD - multi-volume backup/restore <-- works well! :-) [v0.916] - easier installation from tarball - faster code, esp. 'set-chopper' - proper '--help' thingy - better mondo-archive and mondo-restore progress reports - offer to restore MBRs for user - give user the option of _not_ wiping all hard drives - let user choose which files to restore (e.g. restore-me /mnt/dos) - finally, Mondo uses SYSLINUX instead of COMMAND.COM (thanks, Steve Pitts) - hack user's restored lilo.conf and fstab to reflect the mountlist, if the user has modified it; - let user amend mountlist semi-automatically to reflect larger/smaller hard drives than original (useful for moving files from one hard drive to another) ...part of check-mountlist-sanity - mondo-restore ----- edit mountlist (using pico) - Mondo now uses afio instead of tar - mondo-archive now much more sensible when sending info between processes - make Mondo distro-independent - save&restore all boot sectors automatically (MBRs remaining optional) - release RPMs and tarballs at same time - mondo-restore --- verify disk copy after extracting from archive - chop large files into blocks; reassemble them at restore-time - MD5 checksum for every file, inc. chopped-up files - remove '[' from overhead-list; put list of required packages on web page - make sure user knows --skip-spacetest is AT OWN RISK - replace instances of 'cat | grep' with just plain 'grep' - concatenate all fileset lists; compare to original filelist.full - compare mode: nondestructive comparison of filesystem with Rescue CD - better verify-progress feedback [Verifying 5/107] - hdX2,3,4 layout now works OK at backup and restore time! W00H00! :-) - fix Win98 boot sector kludge problem - speed up mondo-checksum (thanks, Fabrice!) - to save some time & space, do not pad the ISO image - build and burn CDs with one command - support CDRW drives - support SCSI hard drives - write straight to CD-R by calling mondo-archive w/correct params - use optional 2nd floppy to support extras modules, inc. SCSI hard drives - only let Mondo run as root - recompile kernel + modules for i386 - added ReiserFS support - amalgamated the Mondo RPMs/TGZs into a single ball - let user incorporate their own kernel and tools (thanks to Mindi!) - Linux 2.4 kernel support - add XFS support - add ext3 support - add JFS support - add ReiserFS support - give comprehensive restore-time feedback (not just '%done') - pipe mkisofs to cdrecord, saving a lot of disk space & some time - add Windows ME and Windows 2000 support (VFAT only) - make the SRPM recompile Mondo's C programs - RAID support - make it possible to use an NFS-mounted partition as scratch/iso dir - write a proper manual - add Red Hat LABEL support (/etc/fstab) - record '%age full' of each partition at backup-time - newt/ncurses interface would be cool - implement user-friendly mountlist editor - progress screen (mondo-tarme) - check that the partitions will fit on the hard drives - verify ISO after creating if (if user uses '--verify') - verify CD after burning if (if user uses '--verify') - support parallel-port CD writers - support tape drives - test with Red Hat 7.2 - incremental/differential backup mode - add GRUB support - make it possible to backup and restore partitions of an unknown type - incorporate busybox-0.60-2 - put data disks on tape, so that tape users only need 1 floppy + tape - text mode - add "NFS" boot option - drop trailing slashes from all params of --exclude-path - add Petris :) - Tab-format fstab after 'hacking' it - Interactive Mode should let the user choose which partitions to format - add an "exclude path?" dialog to Interactive Mode - re-enable CD verification - if creation/format fails, go back to mountlist editor - let user choose which partitions to format - port mondo-archive entirely to C - if -E /dev/xxx then exclude _device_ from mountlist but don't exclude /dev file from filelist - rewrite the "is tape there?" test: if 'V' then RO test; if 'O' then RW test - allow mondorestore to be used to restore to live filesystems - add /proc/cpuinfo to logfile - enable Ctrl-C --> abort in mondoarchive and mindi - write a 'man' page - test w/multiple tapes - an easy-to-use interface to Mondo-archive which does a lot of the fiddly configurating for you - if Compare Mode then popup list of /tmp/changed.files - only zero drive /dev/hdXn if /dev/hdX1 is being prepped - if differential backup then disable nuke at restore-time - write X-based front end to mondoarchive/mondorestore (XMondo) - added partimagehack to Mondo (freeloader - you know who you are - please quit being a dick) - put serial# on each CD/tape - give Mondo+Mindi a CVS - add parted - Ian Mortimer's spec patches - encourage -X ABANDONED - detect size of CDR automatically (I don't know how) - allow user to choose archive engine besides tar (e.g. star, cpio) ...tar sucked; star _really_ sucked; cpio, forget it; I chose afio in the end because it was the only engine which I knew would work. I've used it for years w/o any problems. Tar has been nothing but a headache. - split up mondo-archive's functionality into separate scripts, so that it will be possible to backup files, do something else, then archive it, etc.etc. ...too much trouble; no incentive to do it; no-one asked me to :) - pseudocode ...why bother? If bash scripts are too complicated for you, try COBOL...