Hi Everyone,
Using the latest version of Clonezilla Live with a UEFI setup (secure boot disabled and drive set to AHCI).
When I select to backup drives, the NVME drive doesn't appear in the list. However, when I select to backup partitions, I can select all the partitions on the NVME drive.
As a result, I can't properly clone my drive because the target drive doesn't have all the same partitions.
I've been trying to find a solution, but no such luck. I am officially stumped.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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"When I select to backup drives, the NVME drive doesn't appear in the list. However, when I select to backup partitions, I can select all the partitions on the NVME drive. " -> Could you please take some photos about the steps you mentioned? It would be easier for us to understand what's going on there.
Thanks.
Steven
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hi Steven,
So sorry for the delay. Thank you for the help.
So, there are 3 drives available on this system (NVME for OS, 2TB for storage, and the CZ USB). These can be seen at the "select home partition" screen (home part list.png).
I select the USB drive/images folder to store the image.
Now, when I go to "savedisk" (savedisk saveparts.png), I only have the option of selecting the 2TB drive to backup (disk list.png).
However, when I go to backup partitions (saveparts instead of savedisk), I can see partitions from both the 2TB and the NVME drive (parts list.png).
I would like to backup the entire NVME drive and not just specific partitions.
This is really weird... How come savedisk does not provide nvme disk, while the saveparts does.
Please run the following commands in the command line prompt:
1. sudo -i
2. mount
3. cat /proc/partition
Please post the results of 2 and 3.
BTW, which version of Clonezilla live did you use?
Steven
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Sorry, my bad. For (3) I meant:
cat /proc/partitions
(with s in the end)
Anyhow, for the results of your "mount" command, it apparently shows that /dev/nvme0n1p4 is mounted, so it can not be saved since it's in use, and the file system might be changed.
Looks like you put Clonezilla live on that partition? If you want to save the whole disk, do not mount any partition from the source disk.
Steven
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Thanks, Steven. There is a CZ Live partition on the drive, but CZ is being booted from the USB in this instance. Strange that it's mounting the one on the drive.
Actually I can not tell from the output of "mount", and due to my bad, your "cat /proc/partitions" was not correctly run.
Anyhow, please try to append:
bootfrom=/dev/sda
Steven
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Hi Everyone,
Using the latest version of Clonezilla Live with a UEFI setup (secure boot disabled and drive set to AHCI).
When I select to backup drives, the NVME drive doesn't appear in the list. However, when I select to backup partitions, I can select all the partitions on the NVME drive.
As a result, I can't properly clone my drive because the target drive doesn't have all the same partitions.
I've been trying to find a solution, but no such luck. I am officially stumped.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
"When I select to backup drives, the NVME drive doesn't appear in the list. However, when I select to backup partitions, I can select all the partitions on the NVME drive. " -> Could you please take some photos about the steps you mentioned? It would be easier for us to understand what's going on there.
Thanks.
Steven
hi Steven,
So sorry for the delay. Thank you for the help.
So, there are 3 drives available on this system (NVME for OS, 2TB for storage, and the CZ USB). These can be seen at the "select home partition" screen (home part list.png).
I select the USB drive/images folder to store the image.
Now, when I go to "savedisk" (savedisk saveparts.png), I only have the option of selecting the 2TB drive to backup (disk list.png).
However, when I go to backup partitions (saveparts instead of savedisk), I can see partitions from both the 2TB and the NVME drive (parts list.png).
I would like to backup the entire NVME drive and not just specific partitions.
I hope that makes things clearer.
Still having this issue. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
This is really weird... How come savedisk does not provide nvme disk, while the saveparts does.
Please run the following commands in the command line prompt:
1. sudo -i
2. mount
3. cat /proc/partition
Please post the results of 2 and 3.
BTW, which version of Clonezilla live did you use?
Steven
Hi Steven,
it 's version 2.7.1-22 - the latest one available a couple weeks ago.
Also, this is a Windows PC, so that command wouldn't work. Which command prompt would I be typing this into?
Thanks again.
I meant you boot Clonezilla live, then choose to enter command line prompt, then run those commands.
Thanks.
Steven
Hi Steven,
Please see attached picture.
Sorry, my bad. For (3) I meant:
cat /proc/partitions
(with s in the end)
Anyhow, for the results of your "mount" command, it apparently shows that /dev/nvme0n1p4 is mounted, so it can not be saved since it's in use, and the file system might be changed.
Looks like you put Clonezilla live on that partition? If you want to save the whole disk, do not mount any partition from the source disk.
Steven
Thanks, Steven. There is a CZ Live partition on the drive, but CZ is being booted from the USB in this instance. Strange that it's mounting the one on the drive.
Please see updated image attached.
Thanks again.
So you also put Clonezilla live files in your hard drive? If so, you need to assign which root file system you want to use:
https://drbl.org/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/34_2_or_more_filesystem_squashfs.faq#34_2_or_more_filesystem_squashfs.faq
Steven
From the previous picture, can you tell what the path for the filesystem is? Would it be dev/loop0 ?
Actually I can not tell from the output of "mount", and due to my bad, your "cat /proc/partitions" was not correctly run.
Anyhow, please try to append:
bootfrom=/dev/sda
Steven
Seems to have worked this time! Thank you!!!