Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2007-04-18 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > > That's because it cannot find mindi: > > bach ~ # mindi > -bash: mindi: command not found > > /usr/sbin/mindi is a broken symlink to /usr/share/mindi/mindi, which does > not exist. There is a bug for this on b.g.o. (along with others for > missing dependencies in the eb

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2007-04-18 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:15, Dale wrote: > It has been a while and I still can not get mondoarchive to work. I > get > > this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # mondoarchive > > Initializing... > > See /var/log/mondo-archive.log for details of backup run. > > root is mounted at /dev/hda > > Checking

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2007-04-18 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: > > >> Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and >> could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so >> something to boot from would be nice. >> > > Yes, that can be done.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-27 Thread Dale
OK. I have a update on this back-up thing. It don't work. I read that if you start it with no options it will figure most of it out then ask you for the rest. So I tried that way first. I get this though: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # mondoarchive > Initializing... > See /var/log/mondo-archive.log

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:34:40 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then? I need to do some reading I > > guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is. > > Yes, you can skip them. /tmp as well, but you have to create the empty > directory after restoration. Same for /d

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 18:00, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > >> ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/iso/mondorescue.iso (it's there, despite the >> site saying that it's currently unavailable). >> > > Ok, it's definitely NOT there :) I've been fooled by the fact that after > cl

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 17:04, Dale wrote: > > >> Unpacking source... >> Unpacking mondo-2.10.tgz to >> /var/tmp/portage/mondo-rescue-2.10/work >> >>> gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored >>> tar: Child returned status 2 >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sunday 24 December 2006 18:00, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/iso/mondorescue.iso (it's there, despite the > site saying that it's currently unavailable). Ok, it's definitely NOT there :) I've been fooled by the fact that after clicking on it the browser was asking me to sa

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sunday 24 December 2006 17:04, Dale wrote: > > >>> Unpacking source... > > >>> Unpacking mondo-2.10.tgz to > > >>> /var/tmp/portage/mondo-rescue-2.10/work > > > > gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored > > tar: Child returned status 2 > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous e

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:02:24 -0600 Dale wrote: > Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > On Sunday 24 December 2006 15:33, Dale wrote: > > > > > >> OK. Now I get this for mindi-1.11. One version has something > >> missing and the other fails to compile. Wonder why this is masked? > >> [cut] > >> > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 15:33, Dale wrote: > > >> OK. Now I get this for mindi-1.11. One version has something missing >> and the other fails to compile. Wonder why this is masked? >> [cut] >> > > Are you trying to install mindi by itself or as part of an "emerg

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 24 December 2006 15:12, Dale wrote: > OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then? I need to do some reading I > guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is. Yes, you can skip them. /tmp as well, but you have to create the empty directory after restoration. Same for /dev. I am nott too sure abo

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sunday 24 December 2006 15:33, Dale wrote: > OK. Now I get this for mindi-1.11. One version has something missing > and the other fails to compile. Wonder why this is masked? >[cut] Are you trying to install mindi by itself or as part of an "emerge mondo-rescue"? Seems like some dependency

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: >> On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and >>> could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so >>> something to boot from would be nice. >>> >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 13:12, Dale wrote: > > >> OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then? I need to do some reading I >> guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is. This slow dial-up sucks. >> :-( >> > > For complete partition/disk/OS backups I have used partimage. No

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: > > >> Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and >> could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so >> something to boot from would be nice. >> > > Yes, that can be done.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: > > >> Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and >> could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so >> something to boot from would be nice. >> > > Yes, that can be done.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Mick
On Sunday 24 December 2006 13:12, Dale wrote: > > OK, so skip /proc, /sys and /dev then? I need to do some reading I > guess, if it ever gets it downloaded that is. This slow dial-up sucks. > :-( For complete partition/disk/OS backups I have used partimage. No doubt it comes with many recove

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:07:50 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >>> Yes, because the files are stored in an archive file, not directly on >>> the CD. dar can split the archives into CD (or DVD) sized chunks and >>> kdar can (AFAIR) write them to disc. dar also creates an index of >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: > > >> Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and >> could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so >> something to boot from would be nice. >> > > Yes, that can be done.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:07:50 -0600, Dale wrote: > > Yes, because the files are stored in an archive file, not directly on > > the CD. dar can split the archives into CD (or DVD) sized chunks and > > kdar can (AFAIR) write them to disc. dar also creates an index of > > what's in which file and writ

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sunday 24 December 2006 04:53, Dale wrote: > Speaking of booting, it would be nice if the first CD was bootable and > could be restored that way. I only have one CD drive at the moment so > something to boot from would be nice. Yes, that can be done. Mondorescue makes the first backup CD boot

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:48:38 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >> OK. I downloaded Kdar so far. It was smaller and I'm on dial-up. Does >> these programs preserve file permissions? >> > > Yes, because the files are stored in an archive file, not directly on the > CD. dar can

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:48:38 -0600, Dale wrote: > OK. I downloaded Kdar so far. It was smaller and I'm on dial-up. Does > these programs preserve file permissions? Yes, because the files are stored in an archive file, not directly on the CD. dar can split the archives into CD (or DVD) sized ch

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:52:15 -0330, Roger Mason wrote: >> >> I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can span them over more than one CD if needed. S

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Dale
Ed Santiago wrote: > >I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can > >span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will > >require several CDs. It would be nice if it would tar it or zip it but > >it is not required. > > I've been in the same boat the l

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:52:15 -0330, Roger Mason wrote: > > >>> I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to >>> use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can >>> span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have w

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Dale
David Relson wrote: > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:56:12 +0100 > Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > >> On Saturday 23 December 2006 19:45, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to >>> use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD a

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Ed Santiago
>I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can >span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will >require several CDs. It would be nice if it would tar it or zip it but >it is not required. I've been in the same boat the last week, and have investigate

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:52:15 -0330, Roger Mason wrote: > > I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to > > use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can > > span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will > > require several CDs.

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Dale, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to > use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can > span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will > require several CDs. It would be nice if

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:56:12 +0100 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Saturday 23 December 2006 19:45, Dale wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to > > use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can > > span them over more than one

Re: [gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 23 December 2006 19:45, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to > use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can > span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will > require several CDs. It wou

[gentoo-user] [Somewhat OT] Backup software for CDs.

2006-12-23 Thread Dale
Hi, I would like to backup some stuff and can't quite find a program to use. I'm looking for something that can backup to CD or DVD and can span them over more than one CD if needed. Some of what I have will require several CDs. It would be nice if it would tar it or zip it but it is not requir