Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of FAQ


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Jan 5, 2007, 7:58:33 PM (17 years ago)
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    v6 v7  
    5555  ''Answer reported by Klaus Ade Johnstad <klaus_at_skolelinux.no>.''
    5656  Short answer is Yes.
    57   Now if you encounter a problem with it, it might be due to the fact that mondorescue doesn't support correctly yet the usage of
    58   /dev/mapper/vg*. So you need to adapt your /etc/fstab in order to make mondorescue happy, as here:
     57  Now if you encounter a problem with it, it might be due to the fact that older versions of mondorescue didn't support correctly the usage of
     58  /dev/mapper/vg*. So you needed to adapt your /etc/fstab in order to make mondorescue happy, as here:
    5959
    6060  Original /etc/fstab:
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    7979
    8080== Q9/ Can I manually restore a Linux server with an mdadm-created RAID1? ==
     81
     82Note that with mondo > 2.2.1 this should not be required.
     83
    8184  ''Solution provided by Christian von Stebut <christian_at_von.stebut.org>''
    8285  While the steps worked for me, please keep in mind that I'm not a guru. So if you have any suggestions for improvement, please tell me.
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    258261
    259262== Q10/ Does mondo work with SuSE distributions? ==
    260   Yes, but you may need help from mike. Look for his site [http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike/]
     263  Yes, but you may need help from mike. Look at DistributionPackaging
    261264
    262265== Q11/ Does mondo work with Debian distributions? ==
    263   Yes, your best bet are the official Debian packages. Andree, the Debian maintainer, is usually also on the mailing list.
    264 
    265 == Q12/ Why doesn't my LVM based system re-boot correclty after restore? ==
    266   It may be due to the fact that grub has not been restored correctly. Use the hint of Q9 for grub re-instalation. In short:
     266  Yes, your best bet are the official Debian packages. Andree, the Debian maintainer, is usually also on the mailing list. Look at DistributionPackaging
     267
     268== Q12/ Why doesn't my LVM based system re-boot correctly after restore? ==
     269  On older version (pre-2.2.1) It may be due to the fact that grub has not been restored correctly. Use the hint of Q9 for grub re-instalation. In short:
    267270  {{{
    268271  grub --batch
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    271274  }}}
    272275
    273 == Q13/ After restore my Windows installation on NTFS is not bootable. I get an error saying "A disk read error occurred. Press Xtrl+Alt+Del to restart.". How do I get my windows back? ==
     276== Q13/ After restore my Windows installation on NTFS is not bootable. I get an error saying "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.". How do I get my windows back? ==
    274277  The solution for this is to use gparted (and possibly qtparted) to make the NTFS filesystem slightly smaller and then extend it to the
    275278  partition size :again. The underlying issue is apparently that fdisk is writing incorrect :partition information. A proper fix is being
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    285288
    286289  Before SVN revision 381 (branches) and 382 (trunk),respectively, mindi would delete 1440kb floppy images right after creation. So, this
    287   will be fixed in mindi 1.0.7, but is available from SVN now. Secondly, mindi may need to be forced to create 1440kb boot and root floppies.
     290  is fixed in mindi 1.0.7. Secondly, mindi may need to be forced to create 1440kb boot and root floppies.
    288291  For this purpose, 'FORCE_DUAL_FLOPPIES=no' needs to be changed to 'FORCE_DUAL_FLOPPIES=yes' in mindi (around line 73 or so).
    289292
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    301304
    302305== Q18/ Why does mindi seg fault on Ubuntu? ==
    303   There is a bug in the coreutils packque in Ubuntu see [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/42264] and
     306  There is a bug in the coreutils package in Ubuntu see [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/42264] and
    304307  [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/36036]
    305308
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    314317
    315318== Q20/ I get error messages like size 4096, block-18446744071562067968, b_blocknr=2147483648 what is the problem ? ==
    316   You may be using atdefault minimum blocksize for RAM disks of 4k (Fedora kernel 2.6.18* e.g., RHEL5, ...) so try to add ramdisk_blocksize=1024 to your boot command at boot prompt
     319  You may be using a default minimum blocksize for RAM disks of 4k (Fedora kernel 2.6.18* e.g., RHEL5, ...) so try to add ramdisk_blocksize=1024 to your boot command at boot prompt
    317320
    318321  ''Solution provided by Kathy Durkin''
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    323326
    324327  ''Solution provided by James D. Robinson''
     328
     329== Q22/ Why doesn't mondorestore work correctly on OpenSuSE 10.2 ? ==
     330  It seems that OpenSUSE 10.2 packaged mondo and mindi but did not include the now required mindi-busybox. Get it from ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/suse/10.2