fedora core 8, mondorarchive fails in mkisofs

[ivanbishop]

There seem to be errors EARLY on during boot img creation. Perhaps a kernel udev issue??

This is Fedora 8 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 Mindi v2.0.0-r1846 mondoarchive v2.2.5-r1846

Tarring and zipping the groups...........................^M                                                             Done.
Creating data disk #1...#2...#3...#4...#5...#6...#7...#8...^M                                                           Done.
Making 1722KB boot disk...............udev device manager found
WARNING: No Hardware support for 2623D7U
You may ask your manufacturer to contribute to the mindi project
......11282 blocks
......Failed to copy /backups/mondo.tmp.YkYUhP/mindi.rdz to /backups/mondo.tmp.YkYUhP/mountpoint.15123
cat: /backups/mondo.tmp.YkYUhP/mtpt.15123: No such file or directory
Please unload some of your modules and try again.
Cannot incorporate mindi.rdz in bootdisk (kernel / modules too big?)
sed: couldn't flush stdout: No space left on device
/usr/sbin/mindi: line 1879: echo: write error: No space left on device
mkdir: cannot create directory `/backups/mondo.tmp.YkYUhP/mountpoint.15123/tmp': No space left on device
Failed to copy /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 to ramdisk
WARNING - failed to create 1.44MB boot/root floppies
WARNING - failed to create 1.72MB boot image.
Please reduce your kernel's size if you want to make a 1.72MB floppy disk.
Making 2880KB boot disk...............udev device manager found
WARNING: No Hardware support for 2623D7U
You may ask your manufacturer to contribute to the mindi project
......11887 blocks
......Failed to copy /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 to ramdisk
WARNING - failed to create 1.44MB boot/root floppies
WARNING - failed to create 2.88MB floppy disk image.
Please reduce your kernel's size if you want to make a 2.88MB floppy disk.
Making 16384KB boot disk...............udev device manager found
WARNING: No Hardware support for 2623D7U
You may ask your manufacturer to contribute to the mindi project
......11887 blocks
............^M                                                          Done.         ^M... 16384 KB boot disks were created OK^M
Created bootable ISO image at /backups/mondo.scratch.31044/mondo.scratch.2429/images/mindi.iso
Boot and data disk images were created.
------------- mindi logfile included -------------------------
mindi v2.0.0-r1846
i686 architecture detected
mindi called with the following arguments:
--custom /backups/mondo.tmp.YkYUhP /backups/mondo.scratch.31044/mondo.scratch.2429/images /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8   397511 yes no  yes 1115 1415  yes yes no 32768 0 no
Start date : Sat Dec 22 18:05:25 PST 2007
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MINDI_LIB = /usr/lib/mindi
MINDI_SBIN = /usr/sbin
MINDI_CONF = /etc/mindi
MONDO_SHARE = /usr/share/mondo
Found isolinux.bin at /usr/lib/syslinux/isolinux.bin
LVM set to v2

Main] libmondo-archive.c->make_iso_fs#2197: Non-ia64 --> lilo
                [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#204: Starting
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#233: basic call = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '_ISO_' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V _CD#_ .'
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#234: midway_call = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V _CD#_ .'
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#235: tmp = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V 1 .'
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#236: ultimate call = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V 1 .'
Please be patient. Do not be alarmed by on-screen inactivity.
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#242: Calling open_evalcall_form() with what_i_am_doing='Running mkisofs to make ISO #1'
                [Main] libmondo-fork.c->eval_call_to_make_ISO#275: command = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V 1 . >> /var/log/mondoarchive.log'
                [Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_external_binary_with_percentage_indicator_NEW#820: command = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V 1 . >> /var/log/mondoarchive.log 2>> /var/log/mondoarchive.log'
Running mkisofs to make ISO #1
   Running mkisofs to make ISO #1
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_prog_in_bkgd_then_exit#779: sz_command = 'mkisofs -b images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img -c boot.cat -o '/backups//mondorescue-1.iso' -J -r -p MondoRescue -publisher www.mondorescue.org -A Mondo_Rescue_GPL -V 1 . >> /var/log/mondoarchive.log 2>> /var/log/mondoarchive.log'
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Using UNMOU000.;1 for  ./usr/share/mondo/restore-scripts/mondo/unmount-me (unmount-subroutine-me)
Using MINDI000.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-7.img (mindi-data-5.img)
Using MINDI001.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-5.img (mindi-data-2.img)
Using MINDI002.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-2.img (mindi-data-3.img)
Using MINDI003.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-3.img (mindi-data-4.img)
Using MINDI004.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-4.img (mindi-data-8.img)
Using MINDI005.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-8.img (mindi-data-6.img)
Using MINDI006.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-6.img (mindi-data-1.img)
genisoimage: Uh oh, I cant find the boot image 'images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img' !
                        [Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_prog_in_bkgd_then_exit#784: child res = 255
                [Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_external_binary_with_percentage_indicator_NEW#856: Parent res = 255
Call to mkisofs to make ISO (ISO #1) ...failed
[Main] libmondo-archive.c->make_iso_fs#2272: WARNING - make_iso_fs returned an error
        [Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset#558: min(free_ramdisk_space) is now 290
                        [Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1291:                                          [3581:0] - archived 44 OK
                        [Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1251:                                          [3581:0] - EXATing 46...
                        [Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1264:                                          [3581:0] - archiving 46...
        [Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset#558: min(free_ramdisk_space) is now 277

[Bruno Cornec]

Could you please test with the latest beta available, as it should be fixed now. Cf: ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/fedora/8/test Please report back here what you find.

[shanec]

I am experiencing the same issue. I have installed the following rpm's on a redhat es4 environment. I upgraded to try and resolve issue #172

mindi-2.0.0-1.rhel4.i386.rpm mindi-busybox-1.7.3-1.rhel4.i386.rpm mondo-2.2.5-1.rhel4.i386.rpm

Here is the tail of the /var/log/mondoarchive.log

Using MINDI003.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-2.img (mindi-data-1.img)
Using MINDI004.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-1.img (mindi-data-4.img)
Using MINDI005.IMG;1 for  ./images/mindi-data-4.img (mindi-data-5.img)

mkisofs: Uh oh, I cant find the boot image 'images/mindi-bootroot.2880.img' !
[Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_prog_in_bkgd_then_exit#784: child res = 255
[Main] libmondo-fork.c->run_external_binary_with_percentage_indicator_NEW#856: Parent res = 255
Call to mkisofs to make ISO (ISO #1) ...failed
[Main] libmondo-archive.c->make_iso_fs#2252: WARNING - make_iso_fs returned an error

[shanec]

Since this issue might take a while to resolve, I am wondering if moving to an older version of mindi or mondo might help. If so, which one might be the best to try. Any help appreciated.

[ivanbishop]

[root@localhost ~]# mindi -v Mindi v2.0.0-r1883

[root@localhost ~]# mondoarchive -V mondoarchive v2.2.5-r1883

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa|egrep -i "mindi|mondo"

mindi-busybox-1.7.3-1.fc8

mindi-2.0.0-1.fc8

mondo-2.2.5-1.fc8

[root@localhost ~]# uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:48:34 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I find the same issue as before with the TEST rpm.s

mkisofs just dies.

It adds 50-52 sets to the ISO and when mkisofs is called to write the ISO image ALL stops

I have listed the rpm/versions and kernel above.

:(

I dont want to have to use backupc.. mondo is WAY better!

[ivanbishop]

I am using an old version and it is working.

#define PPCFG_RAMDISK_SIZE 850 was altered in my-stuff.h, 350 was too small. This is a 2G machine and the ISO size is set to 700M

versions are
Mindi v1.2.4-r1532
BusyBox v1.2.2
mondoarchive v2.2.4-1532

fedora 8
kernel 2.6.24.3-34.fc8

Will try new version in 2.2.6 Bruno. Thanks

[Bruno Cornec]

The official 2.2.6 is now out. Please report your findings on this problem.