Re: Cannot get past sanity check - hang up at Mindi not finding isolinux (installed locally) - Archlinux

On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:01:53 +0000, stef204 wrote:


> This *could* be specific to Archlinux but I need to debug it.
> 
> At first glance, it /seems/ that it is not finding isolinux.bin in the
> location it expects.  If I could know what that location is, I could
> symlink.
> 
> At the moment, I do have:
> 
> % ls -l /usr/bin/genisoimage -> mkisof which could be a problem for
> mondo/mindi?
> 
> Note: this symlink seems "standard" for my distro.
> 
> The isssue: the sanity check keeps failing when running mondoarchive.
> 
> Here is the error message:
> 
> * % sudo mondoarchive*
> See /var/log/mondoarchive.log for details of backup run.
> Checking sanity of your Linux distribution I think you have a Windows 9x
> partition.
> Could not ascertain mindi's version number.
> You have not installed Mondo and/or Mindi properly.
> Please uninstall and reinstall them both.
> Fatal error... Please reinstall Mondo and Mindi.
> ---FATALERROR--- Please reinstall Mondo and Mindi.
> If you require technical support, please contact the mailing list.
> See http://www.mondorescue.org for details.
> The list's members can help you, if you attach that file to your e-mail.
> Log file: /var/log/mondoarchive.log Mondo has aborted.
> Execution run ended; result=254 Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to
> see the output log

Well, reading the script found at /usr/bin/mindi, I noticed it actually 
searches/greps for path to isolinux.bin and, obviously is not finding it 
on my box.

I probably should edit the grep command (line 574) to suit Archlinux; but 
for now, as a test, this works and lets mondoarchive get through the 
sanity check, into its proper GUI:

% sudo ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/isolinux.bin /usr/lib/



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