incorrect tmp dir used by mindi for copying gawk to

[adrianmarsh]

Versions: (Centos 4.4)

root@ubiphone tmp.mondo.3618]# rpm -qa|egrep mindi\|mondo
mondo-2.2.1-1.rh9
mondo-doc-2.2.1-1.rh9
mindi-1.2.1-1.rh9
mindi-busybox-1.2.2-1.rh9

During the mindi phase, it bails out with an error. Looking in mindi.log, it seems to me that mindi is trying to copy gawk to an incorrect directory (tmp )

That said, I'm running as root, so it should still be able to create /tmp.mondo.3618 (60+Gb free)

mindi.log extract:

DIFFERENTIAL = 0
INTERNAL TAPE BLOCK SIZE = 32768
NOT_BOOT = 'no'
Mindi's temp dir = //tmp.mondo.3618
Mindi's output dir=//mondo.scratch.19622/images
WARNING - bzip2 does not exist; cannot be LDD'd.
WARNING - lvm does not exist; cannot be LDD'd.
This warning only affects you if you are using LVM.
I don't think you are, so don't worry about it.
WARNING - lvm.static does not exist; cannot be LDD'd.

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locale=uk
mappath = /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/include/qwerty-layout.inc
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/include/compose.inc
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/mac/include/mac-qwerty-layout.inc
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/include/linux-with-alt-and-altgr.inc
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/include/linux-keys-bare.inc
Added kbd map /lib/kbd/keymaps/mac/include/mac-linux-keys-bare.inc
FATAL ERROR. Cannot copy ../../bin/gawk to //tmp.mondo.3618/bigdir - did you run out of disk space?

[Bruno Cornec]

If you're running Centos 4, could you rather try the packages available at ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/4 instead ? I just want to check whether it has an impact or not.

[Bruno Cornec]

Ok, I think I found it.

Could you try applying that patch to /usr/sbin/mindi:

--- mindi/mindi (révision 1019)
+++ mindi/mindi (révision 1020)
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
                return 0
        fi

-       link=`readlink $file`
+       link=`readlink -f $file`
        d=`dirname $file`
        if [ ! -e "$link" -a ! -e "$d/$link" ]; then
                echo "Problem with dead link on $file -> $link" >> $LOGFILE

[adrianmarsh]

I tried the patch to the latest poste versions of mindi/mondo... Attached is the log. It doesn't look like it worked as theres still "" within the log.. but now the added problem that loop0 won't clear up.

[root@ubiphone tmp]# losetup /dev/loop0 -d ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: No such device or address

[adrianmarsh]

2nd mindi with patch

[Bruno Cornec]

Well he problem is completely different. 1/ The is harmless 2/ The loop0 device maybe in use by something else on your system or there may be an issue with that function and your kernel or ...

Could you start from a clean state when you have time (meaning, reboot the system and then launch the archive process). You should be able to also use the latest rhel4 version announced today which fixes the bug you're seeing.

[adrianmarsh]

Haven't been able to try this yet... hope to later this week..

[Bruno Cornec]

The main part of that bug is now closed. The loop problem is now followed in #140