Mondo does not support boot loader not in MBR

[bcomber]

When running the command "mondoarchive -Oc 16 -d /dev/hdd -F " Mondo doesn't automatically find the boot loader. The default is grub on opensuse, and when viewing the log it shows that it searches for both lilo and grub and can't find it.

Strangely enough if I simply add -l GRUB without a drive behind it, it works fine. Or at least appears to in that the backup continues. the log shows that it still doesn't find it, but that the bootloader is grub and it is located on /dev/hda which is correct.

[Bruno Cornec]

Could you run the following command on your system and attach the result back please ?

dd if=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 | strings

[Bruno Cornec]

On my SuSE 10.2 Qemu machine it seems that grub is installed by default on the partition and not on the MBR.

Thus the problem it seems.

[RickFriedman]

Just a note to let you know that I am running opensuse 10.2 with grub on the MBR and Mondo seems to have no problem recognizing and finding it. The backup runs with no problem.

The restore is another matter... :)

[bcomber]

Your file strings is attached. Rick says that his works fine. Just to clarify, this is a dual boot system. What I'll do this weekend, is another install on a spare drive and see if I get the same result.

[bcomber]

I tried the same thing on a drive with only opensuse 10.2 installed. No dual boot. I got the same result. It will not recognize the boot sector unless I specifically tell it that I'm using grub. Once I tell it -l GRUB it's fine and finds everything.

[RickFriedman]

As I said, Mondo has no problem finding the bootloader on my system. My system is also a dual boot system. Grub is in the MBR. Maybe seeing my partition table will help:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         701     5630751    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2             702        4865    33447330    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5             702         767      530113+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6             768        1825     8498353+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7            1850        3515    13382113+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8            3516        4731     9767488+  83  Linux
/dev/hda9            4732        4865     1076323+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

[bcomber]

That's fine on your system. My system is about the same with the exception of using 4 primarys with the 4th being the extended partition. Been that way for ages. Worked fine with 10.0 so I don't know what the difference is. And to clarify, my bootloader IS in the MBR, so the change to boot loader not in the MBR that it was changed to is wrong.

[bcomber]

I found the problem. When I did the install, I didn't check where the bootloader was going to be installed. I just checked, and it was on the root partition, not the MBR. I started YAST, and this confirmed it. I selected MBR, and it no longer has the problem. So I guess the change is correct. I didn't notice that when I simply told it -l GRUB it would find it without problems and tell me it was located on /dev/hda. That is what was so confusing.

[Bruno Cornec]

Should be fixed in rev [1451]. Will be in 2.2.4

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Milestone 2.2.4 deleted

[Bruno Cornec]

Could you check this is indeed fixed in 2.2.4 ? TIA.