I recently searched for a way to accomplish the above and with some help from the gentoo-wiki I was able to do so. I'm posting this in case somebody has the same problem/wish.
As usual you perform the following steps on your own risk ;).
Generally it works in that way, that you create an UDF Filesystem on an empty DVD-RW and make it accessible with the Packet-Writing-Tools already included in Clonezilla. Therefore you need a DVD recorder that supports Packet-Writing (I haven't managed to get Packet-Writing to work on a CD-RW, but since 700MB isn't that much available space I think it doesn't matter :)).
This is what I did:
0. boot up Clonezilla (if you only have one DVD-RW device select the boot into RAM option)
1. when being asked: exit to the shell or switch to another VT
2. become root: sudo su -
3. load the required modules: modprobe -a udf pktcdvd
4. insert a blank DVD-RW
5. create a Paket-Writing device (where <dvd> is your dvd-drive, e.g. hdc): pktsetup 0 /dev/<dvd>
6. create a UDF Filesystem on the DVD: mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/0
7. and mount it: mount -t udf -o noatime,rw /dev/pktcdvd/0 /home/partimag
8. start clonezilla or switch back to VT1
9. select 'switch' to keep the existing /home/partimag
10. proceed as usual, but keep in mind that the available space on a DVD is limited and cloning will fail if being exceeded
regards
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Cool!
We put this in the FAQ/Q&A. Thanks.
Will try to add this function in prep-ocsroot so that it's easier for everyone to use TUI to make this.
Thanks again.
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I successfully managed to create an image of an XP workstation on a DVD using this method today, but I don't understand how I can re-mount the DVD at a later date in order to restore this image back onto a disk.
If I try using the same commands that I used when creating the image, i.e.
pktsetup 0 /dev/sr1
mount -t udf -o noatime,rw /dev/pktcdvd/0 /home/partimag
the command fails, and dmesg shows:
UDF-fs: No anchor found
UDF-fs: No partition found
I assume I'm not supposed to re-run mkuddfs, as this seems to erase my image files.
Please can someone tell me where I'm going wrong. Thank you.
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I recently searched for a way to accomplish the above and with some help from the gentoo-wiki I was able to do so. I'm posting this in case somebody has the same problem/wish.
As usual you perform the following steps on your own risk ;).
Generally it works in that way, that you create an UDF Filesystem on an empty DVD-RW and make it accessible with the Packet-Writing-Tools already included in Clonezilla. Therefore you need a DVD recorder that supports Packet-Writing (I haven't managed to get Packet-Writing to work on a CD-RW, but since 700MB isn't that much available space I think it doesn't matter :)).
This is what I did:
0. boot up Clonezilla (if you only have one DVD-RW device select the boot into RAM option)
1. when being asked: exit to the shell or switch to another VT
2. become root: sudo su -
3. load the required modules: modprobe -a udf pktcdvd
4. insert a blank DVD-RW
5. create a Paket-Writing device (where <dvd> is your dvd-drive, e.g. hdc): pktsetup 0 /dev/<dvd>
6. create a UDF Filesystem on the DVD: mkudffs /dev/pktcdvd/0
7. and mount it: mount -t udf -o noatime,rw /dev/pktcdvd/0 /home/partimag
8. start clonezilla or switch back to VT1
9. select 'switch' to keep the existing /home/partimag
10. proceed as usual, but keep in mind that the available space on a DVD is limited and cloning will fail if being exceeded
regards
Cool!
We put this in the FAQ/Q&A. Thanks.
Will try to add this function in prep-ocsroot so that it's easier for everyone to use TUI to make this.
Thanks again.
Could you post a YouTube video showing this process? :)
I successfully managed to create an image of an XP workstation on a DVD using this method today, but I don't understand how I can re-mount the DVD at a later date in order to restore this image back onto a disk.
If I try using the same commands that I used when creating the image, i.e.
the command fails, and dmesg shows:
I assume I'm not supposed to re-run mkuddfs, as this seems to erase my image files.
Please can someone tell me where I'm going wrong. Thank you.
I meant mkudffs, not mkuddfs, in the previous post!