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 Cornec]

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 Cornec]

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 Cornec]

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 Cornec]

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 Cornec]

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

[SamK]

Versions Tested: mindi-busybox_1.18.5-3_i386.deb
mindi_2.1.620130628101458-0_i386.deb
mondo_3.0.420130624040329-0_i386.deb

TEST 1
Created backup ISO OK
Burned backup ISO to CDROM
Booted backup 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.tgz

SUMMARY
Reported symptom remains unresolved.

[SamK]

Tested on same harware and Debian 6 as per original bug report

Versions Tested: from ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/test/ Installed OK afio_2.5-1_i386.deb mindi-busybox_1.21.1-1_i386.deb

Install FAILED mindi_3.0.020141207013035-0_i386.deb mondo_3.2.020141207013035-0_i386.deb libmondorescue-perl_3.2.020141207013035-0_all.deb

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmondorescue-perl:

libmondorescue-perl depends on libprojectbuilder-perl; however: Package libprojectbuilder-perl is not installed.

​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/test/debian/6/ does not contain libprojectbuilder-perl

Unable to test release candidate.

[Bruno Cornec]

You also need to add the repo for the non-test version where other deps needed will be found:

​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/6/

[SamK]

Tested on same harware and Debian 6 as per original bug report

Versions Tested: from ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/test/ & ​ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/6/ Installed OK
afio_2.5-1_i386.deb
mindi-busybox_1.21.1-1_i386.deb
mindi_3.0.020141207013035-0_i386.deb
mondo_3.2.020141207013035-0_i386.deb
libprojectbuilder-perl_0.12.6-1_all.deb
libmondorescue-perl_3.2.020141207013035-0_all.deb

Create Archive Test:
mondoarchive -O -i -d /media/BACKUP-REPO/backup/home/nfs/mondo -G -4 -s 650m -p mondoverass-single -S /tmp -T /tmp -I "/" -E "|/home|/mnt/nfs|/media/BACKUP-REPO|"

Result:
Creation=Failed
Message received:
"Checking sanity of your Linux distribution
Done.
Segmentation fault"

Log Attached:
mondoarchive.log.tgz

Summary:
Failed to create test archive with release candidate
Unable to test restore with test archive created with release candidate
Unable to test bug fix in release candidate