PTUUID parameter no longer seems to work on Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33
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Hello, I have a script that uses the PTUUID parameter to identify which drive I want to back up on my desktop system. There are 2 NVME drives on the system, and I have seen the drive designations get reversed on occasion. This script has just one 'savedisk' command line in it (shown below), and I have used it repeatedly with versions 3.2.0 and 3.1.2 without any problem.
However, on version 3.3.0, the script fails every time when PTUUID is used (failure messages shown below). If I simply replace the PTUUID= parameter in the script with the actual drive designation (nvme1n1), then it runs successfully again.
Here's what I'm seeing when using PTUUID with version 3.3.0-33:
Contents of script to execute (located at /home/partimag/ocs-desktop-nvme):
/usr/sbin/ocs-sr -q2 -c -j2 -z9p -i 0 -sfsck -senc -p command savedisk autoname-desktop-nvme-year-month-day-hour-img PTUUID=7C4D0B31-4279-49E1-A435-6B5039DE97AF
Script run results using the 3.3.0 boot disk:
user@cl-3.3.0-33:~$ sudo sh /home/partimag/ocs-desktop-nvme
Setting the TERM as linux
Starting /usr/sbin/ocs-sr at 2026-02-03 20:11:59 UTC...
********.
Clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag
********.
Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager
Finished Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager
The image name is: desktop-nvme-2026-02-03-20-img
The input device [PTUUID=7C4D0B31-4279-49E1-A435-6B5039DE97AF] does NOT exist in this machine!
We will not save this device [PTUUID=7C4D0B31-4279-49E1-A435-6B5039DE97AF]!
Press enter to continue!
No inputted devices found!
Program terminated.!!!
Output of fdisk -l /dev/nvme1n1:
Disk model: INTEL SSDPEKNU020TZ
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 7C4D0B31-4279-49E1-A435-6B5039DE97AF
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme1n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/nvme1n1p2 1050624 210765823 209715200 100G Linux root (x86)
/dev/nvme1n1p3 210765824 630196223 419430400 200G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p4 1259341824 1364199423 104857600 50G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p5 630196224 1049626623 419430400 200G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p6 1049626624 1259341823 209715200 100G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p7 1364199424 1573914623 209715200 100G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme1n1p8 1573914624 1993345023 419430400 200G Linux filesystem
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Could you please give testing Clonezilla live a try? i.e., >= 3.3.1-29 or 20260202-*:
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
This issue should have been fixed.
Yes, I tried testing 3.3.1-29 and PTUUID does work in that version (as well as PARTUUID and UUID on a spot check) That's great, thanks!
And thanks again for Clonezilla too. It is very much appreciated!
Thanks for confirming the testing Clonezilla live is working there.