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Hello,

I have tried installing mondorescue on both CentOS and Rocky Linux. I 
followed the instructions on this page:
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-mondo-rescue-disaster-recovery-tool-in-linux

First, in both cases the install script has a problem.  The mindi shell 
script (usr/sbin/mindi) looks for busybox at 
$MINDI_LIB/rootfs/bin/busybox. so mindi complains that it can't find 
busybox.  busybox is actually installed at 
$MINDI_LIB/rootfs/usr/bin/busybox.  If I modify the mindi shell script 
to look for busybox where it actually is, then the scripts start 
running, through making catalog and dividing filelist into sets.

On both CentOS and Rocky Linux, mindi then bombs out with a buffer 
overflow on the step "Calling mindi for boot disk."  I have tried 
increasing EXTRA_SPACE to 300000 and BOOT_SIZE to 150000.

mondoarchive.log and mindi.log attached.  I have mondoarchive 
successfully running on a much older version of RedHat linux and I am at 
a loss as to why I can't get it to run on either CentOS or Rocky Linux.

I appreciate any help!

Howard

Thank you all for your feedback. It worked as follows:

    deb [trusted=yes] http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
    deb-src [trusted=yes] http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib

I also renamed the file to mondorescue.list.

And then:

    apt update

If I don't use [trusted=yes], it fails with the following error:

    W: GPG error: http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 Release: The
    following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
    not available: NO_PUBKEY 6BA8C2D220EBFB0E E: The repository
    'http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 Release' is not signed. N:
    Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
    therefore disabled by default.

It even fails if I use:

    wget -O /usr/local/share/keyrings/mondo-archive-keyring.gpg
    http://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/11/pb.pubkey

    and then:

    deb [signed-by=/usr/local/share/keyrings/mondo-archive-keyring.gpg]http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian  11 contrib
    deb-src [signed-by=/usr/local/share/keyrings/mondo-archive-keyring.gpg]http://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian  11 contrib

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong with that or the repo is 
intentionally left unsigned.

Cheers,
Nick

On 30/12/2022 8:44 μ.μ., Rich Goodwin via Mondo-devel wrote:
>
> I also believe your filename needs to end with '.list' not '.sources'.
>
> On 12/30/2022 11:28 AM, Rich Goodwin via Mondo-devel wrote:
>>
>> I had to change ftp:// to http:// on both deb and deb-src lines.  
>> Also had to add [ trusted=yes ].
>>

I also believe your filename needs to end with '.list' not '.sources'.

On 12/30/2022 11:28 AM, Rich Goodwin via Mondo-devel wrote:
>
> I had to change ftp:// to http:// on both deb and deb-src lines.  Also 
> had to add [ trusted=yes ].
>
> On 12/30/2022 10:52 AM, Nikolaos Milas via Mondo-devel wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to install mondo packages using debian 11 repo.
>>
>> I have read on the webpage: "For Debian/Ubuntu, just use the magic: 
>> apt-get install mondo to use the native packages of your 
>> distribution, or download the repo file mondorescue.sources.list and 
>> add it to your /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory if you want to use 
>> upstream packages."
>>
>> I have added the file:
>>
>>     http://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/11/mondorescue.sources.list
>>
>>     whose content is:
>>
>>     deb ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
>>     deb-src ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
>>
>> as:
>>
>>     /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources
>>
>> but it won't work. I get an error:
>>
>> # apt install mondo
>> E: Malformed stanza 1 in source list 
>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources (type)
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>>
>>
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I had to change ftp:// to http:// on both deb and deb-src lines. Also 
had to add [ trusted=yes ].

On 12/30/2022 10:52 AM, Nikolaos Milas via Mondo-devel wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install mondo packages using debian 11 repo.
>
> I have read on the webpage: "For Debian/Ubuntu, just use the magic: 
> apt-get install mondo to use the native packages of your distribution, 
> or download the repo file mondorescue.sources.list and add it to your 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory if you want to use upstream packages."
>
> I have added the file:
>
>     http://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/11/mondorescue.sources.list
>
>     whose content is:
>
>     deb ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
>     deb-src ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
>
> as:
>
>     /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources
>
> but it won't work. I get an error:
>
> # apt install mondo
> E: Malformed stanza 1 in source list 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources (type)
> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
>
>
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Hello,

I am trying to install mondo packages using debian 11 repo.

I have read on the webpage: "For Debian/Ubuntu, just use the magic: 
apt-get install mondo to use the native packages of your distribution, 
or download the repo file mondorescue.sources.list and add it to your 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d directory if you want to use upstream packages."

I have added the file:

    http://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/11/mondorescue.sources.list

    whose content is:

    deb ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib
    deb-src ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org//debian 11 contrib

as:

    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources

but it won't work. I get an error:

# apt install mondo
E: Malformed stanza 1 in source list 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mondorescue.sources (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Nick

How do you backup to an already mounted CIFS share?

I have things working backing up to ISO files on an already mounted CIFS
share. How can I use the -n switch for backup to the same share? Or am I
just doing it wrong?

mondo doesn't like cifs:// so I'm using smbfs. /etc/fstab doesn't like
smbfs I think because it's not in /proc/filesystems

/etc/fstab:
//192.168.100.100/Shared /mnt/backup cifs
credentials=/etc/backup-credentials,uid=995,gid=995

# mondoarchive -N -3 -O -z -n smbfs://192.168.100.100/Shared -d
srv01/mondo/mondorescue-$(hostname)-$(date +'%F_%H_%M_%S_%Z') -E /mnt/backup

See /var/log/mondoarchive.log for details of backup run.
Checking sanity of your Linux distribution
Done.
Network share 192.168.100.100/Shared is not mounted. Trying to mount it for
mount: can't find 192.168.100.100/Shared in /etc/fstab
Unable to mount Network share 192.168.100.100/Shared. Please mount manually.

Is there a way to see the command generated by the GUI?

Thanks. For now I just hard coded it as the manufacturer could potentially
change whatever I setup in the yaml file. Yes, access to source cannot be
overrated!

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 5:48 PM Bruno Cornec <Bru...@hp...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Lonely Admin said on Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 02:36:10PM -0600:
> >I'm dealing with a heavily branded, though not really customized, version
> >of CentOS 7. By not customized I mean that the binaries are the same, but
> >anywhere the brand can be inserted, it is.
> >
> >This is causing issues when pbdistrocheck is called from mindi, around
> line
> >2188 or so.
>
> pbdistrocheck is using /etc/pb/pb.yml (or pb.conf if older version) to
> "guess" your distro.
> it's based on what is returned by a conf file such as /etc/redhat-release.
> You can mimic say what is provided by rocky linux e.g. and create your
> entry (this file is just a template made for that, copy commented of the
> "real" one at /usr/share/pb/pb.yml)
>
> > If I can just pass options to override what it finds ( for
> >$dname, $dver ) or hardcode things like $boottype, please let me know
> where
> >when running mondorescue. Otherwise I guess I'll hardcode it in the mindi
> >script.
>
> Indeed, another way is to hardcode stuff and force a centos type of distro.
>
> That's why it's great to have the sourse !!
> Let us know if you need more help.
>
> Bruno.
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> http://www.hpe.com/engage/opensource
> Open Source Profession, WW Linux Community Lead
> http://github.com/bcornec
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Hello,

Lonely Admin said on Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 02:36:10PM -0600:
>I'm dealing with a heavily branded, though not really customized, version
>of CentOS 7. By not customized I mean that the binaries are the same, but
>anywhere the brand can be inserted, it is.
>
>This is causing issues when pbdistrocheck is called from mindi, around line
>2188 or so. 

pbdistrocheck is using /etc/pb/pb.yml (or pb.conf if older version) to "guess" your distro.
it's based on what is returned by a conf file such as /etc/redhat-release.
You can mimic say what is provided by rocky linux e.g. and create your entry (this file is just a template made for that, copy commented of the "real" one at /usr/share/pb/pb.yml) 

> If I can just pass options to override what it finds ( for
>$dname, $dver ) or hardcode things like $boottype, please let me know where
>when running mondorescue. Otherwise I guess I'll hardcode it in the mindi
>script.

Indeed, another way is to hardcode stuff and force a centos type of distro.

That's why it's great to have the sourse !!
Let us know if you need more help.

Bruno.
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Open Source Profession, WW Linux Community Lead    http://github.com/bcornec
FLOSS projects:     http://mondorescue.org        http://project-builder.org
Musique ancienne?   http://www.musique-ancienne.org  http://www.medieval.org

I'm dealing with a heavily branded, though not really customized, version
of CentOS 7. By not customized I mean that the binaries are the same, but
anywhere the brand can be inserted, it is.

This is causing issues when pbdistrocheck is called from mindi, around line
2188 or so. If I can just pass options to override what it finds ( for
$dname, $dver ) or hardcode things like $boottype, please let me know where
when running mondorescue. Otherwise I guess I'll hardcode it in the mindi
script.

Thanks.