Re: using mondoarchive on nonsystemd OS OK I'm stuck

OK I'm stuck

no matter what is done, mondo runs fine and no errors. BUT when 
reinstalling (nuke or expert), I get the dreaded drop to initramsfs hell 
and can not get out. In initrams, can not do anything. It appears the 
UUID was changed somehow and lost it's way. No matter if system is set 
up with UUID or no UUID (just part names).

current is:

cat /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1       /       ext4    defaults,noatime        0       1

/swapfile       swap    swap    defaults        0       0

I have tried with/without UUID, with/without swapfile or partition. 
Resizing hard drive makes no change. If IFIRC, this has been going on 
since the initrams adoption (kernel 2.6?). I got it to work in Devuan 
Jessie 1.0 (same as Debian Jessie) by switching to swap file. Then I 
could get a clean mondo RESTORE.

This is a test machine and no changes. Used most for OS and backup plans.

It's got to be something right in front of me that I do not see. Which 
could happen as my eyes ain't what they used to be.

TIA

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Re: using mondoarchive on nonsystemd OS

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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 20:25:54 +0100
From: Bruno Cornec <[email protected]>
To: Mondo mailing list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Mondo-devel] using mondoarchive on nonsystemd OS
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Hello,

etech3 said on Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:25:13AM -0500:
 > Setting up a test on a 32 bit system to run mondoarchive to test out
 > Devuan Ascii (like Debian 9) which is a fork of Debian without
 > systemd. Any problems I should keep an eye out for?

I don't have anything coming in mind. MondoRescue has been working on 
non-systemd systems for years, and I haven't done anything to destro 
that of course, but tetsts are less frequent these days due to the abuse 
of systemd adoption everywhere

 > does mondo prefer swap file or swap partiton?

Both should work fine. Swap paritions are heavily tested. Swap files may 
just be excluded (the dir in hich they are) to avoid backing up useless 
content.

 > I want to continue using mondo on these sytems if possible.

Of course, let us now if you find anything unusual.

Bruno.
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