Unable to load Clonezilla after initial mode choice

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Unable to load Clonezilla after initial mode choice

Forum: Clonezilla live

Creator: Ben Schinkel

Created: 2017-11-30

Updated: 2019-01-18

Ben Schinkel - 2017-11-30

Hello,

We've been using Clonezilla to image new PC's running Windows 7. Everythings been working great.

We got in a new HP PC with similiar specs (it's the new model) but it runs Windows 10 out of the box.
I wanted to test our WIndows 7 Clonezilla image to see if it would be compaitable. So I loaded Clonezilla from a USB stick just like usual and got to the normal mode select where I choose 800x600 resolution but as soon as I choose that the text goes away and it just sits on the splash screen and won't go past that. I tried a different screen resolution but no luck.

Any ideas?

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Arthur Tromp - 2017-12-01

I remember we had similar issues when an HP system wanted to boot in UEFI mode. Look in your /EFI/boot/grub.cfg file to see if the menu option you choose contains the "nomodeset" parameter. If so, remove it, save the /EFI/boot/grub.cfg file and try again. If that doesn't work you might try to enable Legacy boot mode in the BIOS.

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Ben Schinkel - 2017-12-01

Thanks for responding,

So this is what I found in the .cfg file you mentioned:

menuentry "Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 800x600)"{
search --set -f /live/vmlinuz
linux /live/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user hostname=wily config quiet components noswap edd=on nomodeset nodmraid noeject locales= keyboard-layouts= ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch=no vga=788 ip= net.ifnames=0 splash i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=yes vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1
initrd /live/initrd.img

So do I just need to remove where "nomodeset" and that's it? Or do I need to remove that full string?

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Steven Shiau - 2018-01-03

Not sure if it's related to Linux kernel. Could you pelase give Clonezilla live 2.5.5-19 or 20180102-* a try?
http://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

They come with newer Linux kernel so the results might be different.

Steven

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Jason Hays - 2018-01-04

I have removed the nomodeset and download the latest version of the Clonezilla live version: 2.5.5-19. The HP machine I am trying to clone is not booting from either change. I am still having the same issue as above.

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Jason Hays - 2018-01-04

I have also placed the BIOS in Legacy mode and tried the newer software and the older current verison. Current version hangs and the newer version doesn't boot at all. Looking for help still thanks.

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- Steven Shiau - 2018-01-14
  
  "doesn't boot at all. " -> What were the error messages? Could you please take a photo then post it?
  
  Steven
  
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Wayne Sharpless - 2018-01-10

Sorry to jump on this Thread!

We are also having this exact same issue it seems with a Hp Desktop (Hp ProDesk 400 g4, UEFI, Windows 10 1709), once the media is loaded and the option selected, it sits on the splash screen.

I Have tried all the following available media:
clonezilla-live-20180109-artful-amd64
clonezilla-live-20180109-bionic-amd64
clonezilla-live-2.5.5-21-amd64
clonezilla-live-20170905-zesty-amd64

Thanks

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Steven Shiau - 2018-01-14

We keep creating testing Clonezilla live almost every week, so when newer Linux kernel is available in Debian or Ubuntu repository, it will be used in Clonezilla live. Hence you can report the issue to our upstream (Debian or Ubuntu).

Steven

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Sean Wilson - 2019-01-18

I just had the same issue today with our Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1 and was able to resolve the issue by removing the "nomodeset" parameter and updating to the latest stable release. (2.6.0-37)

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