On Wednesday 12 October 2005 15:05, Gordon Larsen wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >Kern Sibbald > >Sent: October 9, 2005 2:49 PM > >To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >Cc: Josh Fisher; Gordon Larsen > >Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Fedora > > > >On Sunday 09 October 2005 22:27, Josh Fisher wrote: > >> Sounds like you are using the 1.36.3 stable version of > > > >bacula-rescue, > > > >> which will not work with a 2.6.x kernel. You need to grab the latest > >> 1.37.x development version of bacula-rescue from CVS. You do > > > >not have > > > >> to use 1.37.x versions of the other bacula programs, just the > >> bacula-rescue module. You will need the source for 1.36.3 installed > >> and configured before making the bacula-rescue stuff. > >> > >> I have made a CD-R using bacula-rescue 1.37.40 compiled against the > >> 1.36.3 source. I believe the 1.36.3 source is only needed to > > > >make the > > > >> statically linked bacula-fd daemon. In any case, I was able > > > >to create > > > >> a rescue CD-R under Fedora Core 4, boot from it, reformat the > >> partitions, mount the partitions, start networking, start the > >> statically linked bacula-fd and then run a restore job from bconsole > >> on another machine and restore the machine. Once all files are > >> restored it is necessary to install grub in order for the restored > >> machine to boot. > >> > >> So, yes, it works. There are scripts on the rescue CD to > > > >perform most > > > >> of the tasks. The script to copy the bacula-fd daemon and > > > >conf file to > > > >> the newly formatted partition did not work for me and I had > > > >to do that > > > >> manually, but hey, it worked. > > > >Thanks for the nice response and the confirmation that the > >1.37.40 rescue does > >work. I'm pleased to hear that someone other than myself has > >got it to > >work. :-) > > > >Do you happen to remember exactly what went wrong in the > >script to copy > >bacula-fd and the conf file? > > > >> Josh Fisher > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Gordon Larsen wrote: > >> >Has anyone tried/been able to build a rescue CD that works with > >> >Fedora yet? The build scripts still look for the deprecated > >> >modules.conf and raidstart on my system, neither of which are used > >> >any longer (replaced by modprobe.conf/modprobe.conf.dist > > > >and mdadm). > > > >> >I can build a CD, but a kernel panic happens when trying to mount > >> >the root file system when starting up. > >> > > >> >Thanks muchly, > >> > > >> >Gordon Larsen > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks again for the tip. Installing the 1.37 CVS rescue tree solves the > problem. One question though, if anyone has any idea...and I realize that > in a recovery situation the RAID array likely wouldn't be working > anyway...but while the kernel is booting it says it recognizes all the raid > partitions, but gets to a point where it reports "Personality not loaded". > For some reason it doesn't autoload the raid0, raid1, or raid5 > modules,though manually loading them after boot works fine. Any ideas?
I need someone who will modify the scripts to support RAID and contribute the code. > > Thanks...Gord > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
