downloaded Mondo recovery program from Synataptic, where do i go to execute

Hi Arthur Davis

Some applications don't add an item to the main menu so you have to start them from terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) or add your own item.

Try running the command below in terminal and enter you password when requested:
sudo mondoarchive

After a quick google search I found this as well which refers to the same issue as you had if further assistance is needed.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=298794
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mondo/+question/123959

Hope that helps.

Andy

This is the output when i type in the command Now i am more confused it did not seem to work
$ sudo mondoarchive
Initializing...
Execution run ended; result=-1
Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to see the output log
$ less /var/log/mondoarchive.log

[TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2940] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramdisk? result = 0
        [TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->setup_tmpdir#842: Failed to create global tmp directory /91%/mondo.tmp.kftqVC for Mondo.
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#815: Unregistering PID
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#817: Error unregistering PID
running: umount /mnt/cdrom > /mondo-run-prog-thing.tmp 2> /mondo-run-prog-thing.err
--------------------------------start of output-----------------------------
umount: /mnt/cdrom: not found
--------------------------------end of output------------------------------
...ran with res=256
[TH=2976] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2976] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramd/var/log/mondoarchive.log

This is the output when i type in the command Now i am more confused it did not seem to work
$ sudo mondoarchive
Initializing...
Execution run ended; result=-1
Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to see the output log
$ less /var/log/mondoarchive.log

[TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2940] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramdisk? result = 0
        [TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->setup_tmpdir#842: Failed to create global tmp directory /91%/mondo.tmp.kftqVC for Mondo.
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#815: Unregistering PID
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#817: Error unregistering PID
running: umount /mnt/cdrom > /mondo-run-prog-thing.tmp 2> /mondo-run-prog-thing.err
--------------------------------start of output-----------------------------
umount: /mnt/cdrom: not found
--------------------------------end of output------------------------------
...ran with res=256
[TH=2976] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2976] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramd/var/log/mondoarchive.log

This is the output when i type in the command Now i am more confused it did not seem to work
$ sudo mondoarchive
Initializing...
Execution run ended; result=-1
Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to see the output log
$ less /var/log/mondoarchive.log

[TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2940] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramdisk? result = 0
        [TH=2940] libmondo-tools.c->setup_tmpdir#842: Failed to create global tmp directory /91%/mondo.tmp.kftqVC for Mondo.
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#815: Unregistering PID
        [TH=2940] libmondo-files.c->register_pid#817: Error unregistering PID
running: umount /mnt/cdrom > /mondo-run-prog-thing.tmp 2> /mondo-run-prog-thing.err
--------------------------------start of output-----------------------------
umount: /mnt/cdrom: not found
--------------------------------end of output------------------------------
...ran with res=256
[TH=2976] libmondo-tools.c->reset_bkpinfo#858: Hi
root is mounted at /dev/sda

No, Schlomo, that doesn't mean /dev/sda is the root partition. It's just a debugging message. Relax. It's part of am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode().
[TH=2976] libmondo-devices.c->am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode#147: Is this a ramd/var/log/mondoarchive.log

See the FAQ question/answer #11 on the Mondo project's Wiki. This is available at
http://trac.mondorescue.org/wiki/FAQ#Q11DoesmondoworkwithDebianUbuntudistributions

Basically there's a version incompatibility which means that you don't get the latest version. I'd suggest that any software that is used for backup/disaster-recovery ALWAYS should be at the latest stable version. Note that (a) you really need to do the usual "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade" sequence after adding the Mondo repo, and (b) note that bit in the FAQ entry about adding the Mondo repo's key.

I had the "umount /mnt/cdrom not found" message too - but following the instructions on that FAQ entry resolved the issue completely and my system is currently running a mondoarchive backup.