MondoRescue after Gutsy Fresh Install

[ityro]

I did a fresh install of Gutsy and tried MondoArchive again (Mondo has not worked for me since Dapper). It failed but the error message is different and I have decided this a good sign. I made several tries but all failed. When I insert CD#1 it boots and looks good but:

All attempts got the same error message:
"Could not mount devices /dev/sda1 dev/hda1 /dev/hda1_dup /dev/hda2_dup
shall I abort?". If I choose to continue it verifies the tar balls but eventually displays lotsa red stuff and I abort.

sda1 is backups for XP on the external HDD. hda1 is XP on the internal HDD. hda2 is Gutsy on the internal HDD but I don't know what the "dup" means. I do not select any XP for backup, only Gutsy.

I used no excludes and the external HDD was connected and online. All file systems are set to mount at boot time. If anyone has an idea for getting around the problem I will give it a try, would really like to have my Mondo back.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

MY SYSTEM:
Dual-boot XP/Ubuntu 7.10 on a HP/Compaq nx9010 notebook w/40GB HDD. Iomega 80GB usb external HDD. ATI Display: PCI Bridge [GP 340M] Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M].

[epimeteo]

Mondorescue had some problems in Feisty with UUIDs. Didn't tried it in Gutsy, but apparently they were fixed.

[ityro]

Thanks for info I do appreciate your reply.

Umbert

[epimeteo]

Maybe you could try the deb packages from mondorescue for gutsy (not tested): ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/ubuntu/7.10.

[ityro]

I probably should play with it but from previous (many) searches on these forums since Feisty, I was led to believe the problem was definitely with Ununtu not Mondo. I was hoping Mondo would be considered more important than eye candy but I guess Mondo didn't make the cut this time. Wait 'til next year!

Thanks again for your interest, I really appreciate your efforts. . .

[ityro]

I played with the deb files available on the MondoRescue site with the Package Manager files plus a mixture of both. Nothing worked for me.

Versions were interesting:

Mindi version on the MondoRescue site was 1.2.5 while PkgMgr has 2.22-1
Mindi-busybox on the MondoRescue site was 1.2.2-4 while PkgMgr has 1.2.1-2
Mondo version on the MondoRescue site was 2.2.5 while PkgMgr has 2.22-1

The PkgMgr advised I was downgrading not upgrading and the Update Manager jumped on my bones to correct my foolishness. Bottom line: my attempts to run Mondo failed again.

MY SYSTEM:
Dual-boot XP/Ubuntu 7.10 on a HP/Compaq nx9010 notebook w/40GB HDD. Iomega 80GB usb external HDD. ATI Display: PCI Bridge [GP 340M] Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M].

[epimeteo]

Ityro,

try to pin the packages, so they don't get downgraded. Edit or create /etc/apt/preferences and put/add this in it:

Package: mindi
Pin: version 2.23*
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: mondo
Pin: version 2.23*
Pin-Priority: 500

If mindi-busybox is also being downgraded (wasn't happening to me), add an entry on the /etc/preferences file for it too. That worked for me some time ago.

[ityro]

epimeteo,
Thanks for the How To. My problem was not getting downgraded but upgraded because the Pkg Mgr had newer versions of Mindi and Mondo. Also, I found no version 2.23 only the packages listed on my last post.

[ityro]

Epimeteo,
I answered your last post don't know where it went. The e-mails sent by the forums are now going to the Spam Folder. Oh well!

Thanks for the howto. My problem was getting upgraded not downgraded as the Pkg Mgr had newer versions than Mondo site. I saw no version 2.23*. Thanks again.

[epimeteo]

EDIT: I've wrote this and didn't see your last post. Glad it worked for you too.

Sorry, I haven't explained what the file /etc/apt/preferences does and how it works. This file (from "man apt_preferences") "can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for installation."

The "Package:" is obvious...

"Pin: version 2.23*" and "Pin-Priority: 500" (from the man page) "causes a version to be installed unless... the installed version is more recent".

When you «block» a package version on Synaptic, you are editing /etc/apt/preferences almost like this, but Synaptic will not allow an upgrade until you «unblock» the package. Here 500 will allow it if a version 2.23* appears (lets hope that 2.23 will have this bugs corrected).

You can see that the version number of mindi (from the mondo website) is different than the one on the repositories.

Originally Posted by ityro Mindi version on the MondoRescue site was 1.2.5 while PkgMgr has 2.22-1 Mindi-busybox on the MondoRescue site was 1.2.2-4 while PkgMgr has 1.2.1-2 Mondo version on the MondoRescue site was 2.2.5 while PkgMgr has 2.22-1

I don't know why this is that way, but APT is downgrading the packages because the packages we downloaded from the website have an inferior value than the ones on the repos (2.2.x < 2.22). mindi-busybox appears to be the only package that has a good version number on the website and on the repositories.

So, with the pin on /etc/apt/preferences, these packages will only be upgraded if a version 2.23* appears on the repositories, and that avoids the downgrading until a new (corrected) version appears on the repositories. If you really don't want to use the /etc/apt/preferences, try blocking the packages in Synaptic. It's more simple.

I hope that was not very confusing, but that worked for me, and if you did get the website packages working without problems, this will prevent them from being "downgraded".