Mondorestore CTL+ALT+DEL Fails to Cancel Repartitioning

[SamK]

Ticket raised at the request of Bruno following a report in the mailing list.

Fortunately this happened on a test rig.

When mondorestore enters the countdown phase prior to repartitioning a disk it instructs the user that the process may be cancelled by the combination keystroke CTL-ALT-DEL. This does not work. This process continues and destroys the partition structure, then recreates it and applies a file system.

I think it is important that this feature should work as stated on the screen advice.

[bruno]

An /etc/inittab file with a line for CTRL+ALT+DEL support was added in rev [3082] which should fix this issue. Needs testing.

[SamK]

Tested using: mindi-busybox_1.7.3-1.deb mindi_2.1.420130223004458-0_i386.deb mondo_3.0.320130223004458-0_i386.deb

Created backup ISO OK. Burned ISO to CDROM Booting CDROM allows specification of interactive mode Boot fails (hangs) almost immediately afterwards with last message shown: "? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10"

This prevents test of revised CTL+ALT+DEL function.

[bruno]

You should use mindi-busybox_1.18.5 with these versions of mondo/mindi.

[SamK]

Replying to bruno:

You should use mindi-busybox_1.18.5 with these versions of mondo/mindi.

Tested: mindi-busybox_1.18.5-2.deb, mindi_2.1.420130223004458-0_i386.deb, mondo_3.0.320130223004458-0_i386.deb,

Actions: Created backup ISO OK, Burned ISO to CDROM, Booted CDROM; bootcode=interactive, Modified a partition size, Issued CTL+ALT+DEL to cancel action,

Result: Cancellation=Failed, The process continues and destroys the partition structure, then recreates it and applies a file system.

Log Attached: mondorestore.log-1.tgz

[bruno]

Hummm mindi-busybox wasn't reading the inittab ! I'm rebuilding it with the option on for next stable and making tests on my sid tomorrow. Should be fixed soon now.

[bruno]

Cf:  http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/busybox-fix-while-preparing-mondorescue-for-its-3-0-3-version/ and it is however not in 3.0.3 due to issues encountered cf:  http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/mondorescue-3-0-3-is-finally-out/

I'm now posting on the busybox ML to look for more ideas.

[bruno]

busybox ML post:  http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2013-March/079097.html