Paul E Condon declaimed: > An article in Oct issue of Linux journal got me interested in Mondo > Archive, which is software that builds self-booting restore CDs for > Linux systems. So, I started to try to use it. I found a debian > package in Woody, and did the standard apt-get ... . I had mostly no > problem understanding the man page. But some puzzles lead me to look > at the Mondo web site, and ... > > From reading the Mondo web site, it appears that there are > no documented instances of mondoarchive being used successfully > on a Debian system, and that Debian kernels are somehow non- > standard, and difficult to work with. Is this true? And, if true, > why is there a Debian package of Mondo Archive? > At a BALUG meeting last spring I heard a talk by mondo's inceptor, Hugo Rabson, who took some special time to trash Debian. His beef is with Debian's initrd-enabled kernels which mondo either doesn't handle at all or doesn't handle well. If you have problems, I'd try building & installing a kernel with initrd disabled and see if it helps.
> And if not true, who, on this list has experience? Is there a > different Debian list where I should be going for help on this > particular package? > See the Mondo website, http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo They have an active mailing list. Not only do they claim to support Debian 3.0, I just checked out their website and found that the text that used to say something like "Why I hate Debian" has been replaced with a blurb that starts out "I used to badmouth Debian's distro ... However, recent releases are much improved ..." Thanks, Hugo, that really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
