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# 10.6. Backup

Q: Mondo says, 'Cannot run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?
Q: Can Mondo burn CD as they are created?
Q: When I try to backup to CD, cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be wrong. What do I do?
Q: Mondo failed to burn my CD. It said something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on. What does that mean?
Q: May I backup my system with one partition layout and restore with another?
Q: Why does Mondo need so much free disk space?
Q: Will Mondo backup partitions whose formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?
Q: I am trying to do something clever, e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS mount, and I get some weird error messages. What do I do?
Q: Can Mondo backup to data files on another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?
Q: Can Mondo backup _to_ an NFS partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?
Q: Does Mondo handle System or Hidden attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?
Q: Why do you include IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to Microsoft and are copyrighted?

Q: Mondo says, 'Cannot run mindi --makemountlist' and aborts. What do I do?

A: Look at /var/log/mindi.log and see what it says. Also, try typing 'mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt' to see what Mindi says. Compress the log and send it to the mailing list if you get stuck.

Q: Can Mondo burn CD as they are created?

A: Yes. Use the '-Oc <speed>' switch. Use a negative number for a dummy burn.

Q: When I try to backup to CD, cdrecord/mkisofs returns an error. Nothing else appears to be wrong. What do I do?

A: Upgrade cdrecord and mkisofs.

Q: Mondo failed to burn my CD. It said something like, "Error CDB A1 01 02 53 ..." and so on. What does that mean?

A: Cdrecord reported some serious errors while trying to burn your CD. Check your CD burner, your CD-R and your kernel.

Q: May I backup my system with one partition layout and restore with another?

A: Yes. Boot in Interactive Mode and edit the mountlist using the snazzy new mountlist editor. Mondo can now edit your RAID partitions for you. Just open /dev/md0 (or whatever) and select "RAID.." to start. Or, to add a RAID device:

- Add two or more partitions, of type and mountpoint 'raid'

- Add device '/dev/md0' and click OK

- Follow the prompts and your own common-sense :)

Q: Why does Mondo need so much free disk space?

A: Because I'm a bitter, twisted man who lives to torment you. Mwahahahaha! :-) Mondo has to work around the inadequacies of mkisofs, cdrecord and your own Linux distribution; in return, it asks for a lot of free disk space.

Q: Will Mondo backup partitions whose formats are not understood by Linux, such as NTFS?

A: Yes. Use '-x <device>'. (You can have more than one device.)

Q: I am trying to do something clever, e.g. write my ISO's to an NFS mount, and I get some weird error messages. What do I do?

A: Well, (a) use '-T /tmp' or '-T /home' or something in your call to Mondo. Oh, and (b) send me /var/log/mondo-archive.log, please :-)

Q: Can Mondo backup to data files on another partition, e.g. an NFS mount?

A: Yes. Just backup as usual but add '-d /mnt/nfs' or wherever your partition is mounted; don't use '-Oc' or '-Ot' at all; just '-Oi -d /root'. Then, after booting from the floppies which Mondo generates, you need to type 'ISO' at the console.

Q: Can Mondo backup _to_ an NFS partition, i.e. backup over a network? How about restoring?

A: Yes. Use '-On <mount> <directory>'. On my system, I use:

    bash# mondoarchive -On 192.168.1.3:/home/nfs

Q: Does Mondo handle System or Hidden attributes when archiving Dos/Win files?

A: No. It probably never will, either. Sorry.

Q: Why do you include IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS in mondo-vfat, when they belong to Microsoft and are copyrighted?

A: Well, I used to, but I don't anymore. However, if you do have a Windows partition, you can still use 'format-and-kludge-vfat <DEVICE>/' to format and make bootable a VFAT partition. AFAIK, I am the only person to write a Linux equivalent of the DOS "SYS" command.

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