#440 remote-dest and remote-source mode fails with "ask_user" is an unknown hard drive

[Daniel Henriques]

Clonezilla Live version: 3.3.2-31
Working version: 3.1.2-9

Issue:
Remote-dest and remote-source mode fails with:

"ask_user" is an unknown hard drive

Program terminated.

The target disk is correctly detected by Linux:

• lsblk shows the disk
• fdisk -l shows the disk

The same workflow works correctly using Clonezilla Live 3.1.2-9.

Hardware:
Dell Optiplex 7010 i5-3330 and various older Core 2 duo machines.
Sata II Hard Drive on the older ones and Sata III SSD on the newer ones.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Boot Clonezilla Live 3.3.2-31
2. Select remote-dest
3. Error occurs

Expected:
Clonezilla should continue and allow image creation.

Actual:
"ask_user" is interpreted as a hard drive name and the process aborts.

[Steven Shiau]

Thanks for your feedback. This issue was fixed uploaded to Clonezilla git repo. It will be used in the next testing Clonezilla live, i.e., >= 3.3.3-5 or 20260613-*.

[Steven Shiau]

Please give testing Clonezilla live >= 3.3.3-8 or 20260616-* a try:
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
Let us know the results if you try that.
Thanks.

[Daniel Covercă]

I can confirm it works with 20260620. Just tried today after having the same problem

[fsLori]

I came across the same problem a week ago. I had success with 20260616-resolute. Thanks!

[Daniel Henriques]

Thanks for the fast fix! indeed 20260616 it's working. Did not try 20260620 yet.

[Steven Shiau]

Thanks for confirming this bug has been fixed.