Re: [Mondo-devel] Fresh Start: hard drive not found.

[Doug L. <lai...@ho...>]

On Wednesday 10 December 2008 5:33:16 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 December 2008 4:32:40 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 December 2008 3:58:55 am Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 09 December 2008 10:18:11 pm Bruno Cornec wrote:
> > > > Well you have to call it /dev/sdd when using the -U option.
> > > > mondoarchive will deal with the partitioning & formating, thus
> > > > creating the /dev/sdd1 you'll mount at restore time.
> > > >
> > > > > Then: "device found at 6"
> > > >
> > > > What gives modprobe usb-storage then ?
> > > > We need that USB available so that I can get the log.
> > > >
> > > > Bruno.
> > >
> > > Can I use a flag to list a media other than the one holding the backup?
> > > I.e. if I say -U, won't it expect the archives to be there?
> > >
> > > Or can I specify both?
> > >
> > > Doug.
> >
> > I didn't read it properly at 3 a.m.  You want a fresh archive with
> > /dev/sdd mentioned in it somewhere.  Needs a command-line call.  Give me
> > a bit of time to get it right.
> >
> > Doug.
>
> Man mondoarchive says that if I specify -U, that will be the backup device.
> My USB key isn't big enough.  Would it not be better to get it
> into /etc/fstab, and from there into the mountlist?  I will do it that way
> anyway, and see what happens.
>
> Alternatively, I have enough space (50 GB) on my external USB hard
> drive /dev/sdb  (which is used by mondo for temporary storage) to contain
> the backups.  That may be easier?  No need for two devices.  It is already
> in /etc/fstab.
>
> Doug.
>
I don't know if there is any point in pursuing this.

I copied my ISOs to the USB drive I mentioned.
man mondorestore seems to say that I can use -i and -U independently, so I 
used -i to say they were isos, and -U -d/dev/sdd to say where they were  The 
man page didn't say whether to put a space after a parameter or not, but it 
is there in the examples in /man/mondoarchive.

My first command line was:

mondorestore -i -U  -d /dev/sdb -Z interactive.

The program complained that I could not specify the backup to be in two 
places.  It also complained that the -Z option was unknown, although it is 
listed on the man page.

I could get nothing to mount.  I didn't have the Firefly Flash drive
plugged in.  As soon as I did, it appeared in /proc/scsi/usb-storage as No. 
10, as a "gb5" or something.  I tried that after /dev but got nowhere.  I ran 
through quite a few /dev/sd* combinations up to at least /dev/sdg, probably 
more.

I saw in mondorestore.log that there was some problem about sda being an 
invalid argument as regards SCSI to IDE or similar.  If that will help, I 
will copy it out.  Otherwise, it is affecting my health and I need to give it 
away.

Doug.