Thanks Grant and Robert - the problem was correctly diagnosed and now solved by erasing the partitions first.
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:03:12 +1100 (EST) Grant Parnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being faced with a similar prospect myself soon I'll be looking into > manually partitioning and electing to skip the partitioning during the > restore. One thing that's bitten me so far is the kernel written to the > CDR is for the CPU of the machine you backed up. > EG I backed up a PIII system and can't boot the CD on a PII system. A > celeron works thankfully so obviously the CPU has to be comparable or > better than the one backed up from. > > As for WHY this happened to you I don't know, maybe disk geometry was > recognised differently and there happened to be something that looked like > a partition table.... perhaps see what happens if you do this from a > rescue disk first:- > [For those trying this at home, this will effectively erase all partitions > on the hard disk - not good if you don't have a backup] > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1024 count=1000 > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Peter Vogel wrote: > > > Knowing just enough about linux to get into trouble, I am trying to > > restore a linux installation from a CD made for Mondo restore. > > > > The CD boots okay, and whirs away for a while, then aborts with: > > > > "Unable to mount some or all of your partitions." > > > > This is the mondo-restore log. > > > > One thing that looks odd is the partitions are very small, considering > > it's a 120GB drive. > > > > I trust that someone out there will immediately spot the problem :-) and > > give me a clue what to do. > > > > Thanks > > > > Peter > > > > > > -------- first line --------- > > Successfully mounted dynamic /tmp ramdisk > > find-and-mount-cdrom --- starting > > Trying /dev/hda > > It's not in /dev/hda; I'll keep looking > > Trying /dev/hdb > > It's not in /dev/hdb; I'll keep looking > > Trying /dev/hdc > > It's not in /dev/hdc; I'll keep looking > > Trying /dev/hdd > > /dev/hdd has a CD-ROM in it > > CDROM found at hdd > > Wu-Tang Forever! Oh, um, that is, > > /dev/hdd is where the Mondo CD lives. > > CDROM found and mounted at /dev/hdd > > find-and-mount-cdrom --- leaving (0) > > OK, I am running on a CD-ROM. Good. > > Starting install-additional-tools > > Untarring and softlinking disk #1 > > Untarring and softlinking disk #2 > > Untarring and softlinking disk #3 > > lib/modules/2.4.12-xfs/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.o (4348 KB) restored. 22 slices. > > /lib/libc-2.2.5.so (1132 KB) restored. 6 slices. > > /lib/libncurses.so.5.2 (248 KB) restored. 2 slices. > > /lib/libslang.so.1.4.4 (336 KB) restored. 2 slices. > > /usr/bin/gawk (220 KB) restored. 2 slices. > > Hacking softlinks (Zig and Zag style) > > Exiting install-additional-tools > > klogd and syslogd have been started. > > LVM's have been started. > > Running portmap > > Portmap started OK > > Calling post-init > > mondo-restore found; cool... > > Turning mondo-restore from a hyperlink into an executable > > -------------------NUKE MODE------------------- > > -------------- Mondo Restore v1.41 ------------- > > Backup medium is CD-R[W] > > Loading mountlist... > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 4134932 > > /dev/hda5 /var ext3 2071416 > > /dev/hda6 /mnt/mythtv ext3 33309260 > > Mountlist loaded successfully. > > 3 entries in mountlist > > Raidtab is very small or non-existent. Ignoring it. > > -------- cp -f /tmp/mountlist.txt /tmp/mountlist.txt.pre-resize -------- > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Expanding entries to suit drive /dev/hda (4110 MB) > > Disk was 38588 MB; is now 4110 MB; factor = 0.106510 > > Changing /dev/hda1 from 4134932 KB to 440410 KB > > Changing /dev/hda5 from 2071416 KB to 220626 KB > > Changing /dev/hda6 from 33309260 KB to 3547762 KB > > final_size = 4110 MB > > Mountlist adjusted to suit current hard drive(s) > > Restoring Automatically > > partition_everything() --- starting > > Partitioning hard drives > > Partitioning drive /dev/hda > > Wiping /dev/hda > > Zeroing drive /dev/hda > > Device successfully zeroed. > > Partitioning device /dev/hda1 (430 MB) > > Setting /dev/hda1's type to ext3 (83) > > Partition /dev/hda1 created+configured OK > > Partitioning device /dev/hda5 (215 MB) > > Setting /dev/hda5's type to ext3 (83) > > Partition /dev/hda5 created+configured OK > > Partitioning device /dev/hda6 (3464 MB) > > Vaccum-packing > > Partitioning device /dev/hda6 (max size) > > Setting /dev/hda6's type to ext3 (83) > > Returning from a successful vacuum-pack > > Setting /dev/hda6's type to ext3 (83) > > Partition /dev/hda6 created+configured OK > > Done. > > Formatting partitions > > ---- sh -c 'echo -en "y\ny\ny\n" | mkfs -t ext2 -F -j -q /dev/hda1' ---- > > mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Formatting /dev/hda1 as ext3...OK > > ---- sh -c 'echo -en "y\ny\ny\n" | mkfs -t ext2 -F -j -q /dev/hda5' ---- > > mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Formatting /dev/hda5 as ext3...OK > > ---- sh -c 'echo -en "y\ny\ny\n" | mkfs -t ext2 -F -j -q /dev/hda6' ---- > > mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Formatting /dev/hda6 as ext3...OK > > Done. > > Mounting devices > > Mounting device /dev/hda1 > > mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > > Unable to mount device /dev/hda1 (type ext3) at /mnt/RESTORING > > Retrying w/o the '-t' switch > > mount: fs type ntfs not supported by kernel > > Unable to mount device /dev/hda1 (type ext3) at /mnt/RESTORING > > Mounting device /dev/hda6 > > mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > > Unable to mount device /dev/hda6 (type ext3) at /mnt/RESTORING/mnt/mythtv > > Retrying w/o the '-t' switch > > That's OK. I called mount w/o a filesystem type and it worked fine in the end. > > Mounting device /dev/hda5 > > mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > > Unable to mount device /dev/hda5 (type ext3) at /mnt/RESTORING/var > > Retrying w/o the '-t' switch > > That's OK. I called mount w/o a filesystem type and it worked fine in the end. > > --------------------------------- df -m --------------------------------- > > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/rd/0 24 10 14 43% / > > /dev/shm 34 0 34 0% /tmp > > /dev/hda6 3405 32 3200 1% /mnt/RESTORING/mnt/mythtv > > /dev/hda5 213 4 198 2% /mnt/RESTORING/var > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Failed. > > Unable to mount some or all of your partitions. > > --------------------------------- df -m --------------------------------- > > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/rd/0 24 10 14 43% / > > /dev/shm 34 0 34 0% /tmp > > /dev/hda6 3405 32 3200 1% /mnt/RESTORING/mnt/mythtv > > /dev/hda5 213 4 198 2% /mnt/RESTORING/var > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > --------------------------------- df -m --------------------------------- > > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/rd/0 24 10 14 43% / > > /dev/shm 34 0 34 0% /tmp > > /dev/hda6 3405 32 3200 1% /mnt/RESTORING/mnt/mythtv > > /dev/hda5 213 4 198 2% /mnt/RESTORING/var > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Unmounting devices > > -------------- ps ax | grep buffer | grep -v "grep buffer" -------------- > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > ...ran with errors. > > --------------------------- umount /dev/hda5 --------------------------- > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Unmounting device /dev/hda5 > > --------------------------- umount /dev/hda6 --------------------------- > > --------------------------------end of output------------------------------ > > Unmounting device /dev/hda6 > > Unmounting device /dev/hda1 ...not mounted anyway :-) OK > > Done. > > All partitions were unmounted OK. > > Run complete. Errors were reported. Please run 'bug-me'. > > Mondo-restore is exiting (retval=8192) > > > > > > > > Peter Vogel > > ZapTV Pty Ltd > > 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 > > Australia > > Tel: 02 4751 8735 > > Fax: 02 4751 2601 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > ---<GRiP>--- > Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, > Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, > BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses > to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! > Do people actually read these things? Peter Vogel ZapTV Pty Ltd 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 Australia Tel: 02 4751 8735 Fax: 02 4751 2601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
