Clonezilla automatically switching sda to sdb and sdb to sda

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Clonezilla automatically switching sda to sdb and sdb to sda

Forum: Help

Creator: Abdul Rafay Khan

Created: 2016-03-11

Updated: 2016-03-20

Abdul Rafay Khan - 2016-03-11

Summary: I am trying to clone for the second time using -icds (first time failed because of insufficient space in target disk) from internal to external drive, but this time Clonezilla switches my source disk sda (It was sda when I chose it as source) to sdb and makes it the target disk telling me all the data on this disk will be erased.

Details:

Firstly, I tried cloning using Simple mode, Clonezilla saved the GPT of sda to sdb but the program aborted as the target disk was short of 4 sectors. Check pics 1 & 2 (Command and complete log of command running included). Note: this time source disk was sdb and target was sdc.

Then, I tried cloning using Expert mode, with -icds to avoid the space shortage issue and -rescue as I am afraid of bad sectors, I chose "sda Hitatchi" (my internal drive) as source disk and "sdb Toshiba" as my target disk but Clonezilla for some reason has switched sda to sdb and makes it the target disk. Check pics 3, 4 & 5 (Command and complete log of command running included).

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Last edit: Abdul Rafay Khan 2016-03-11
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Steven Shiau - 2016-03-12

Yes, sometimes when Linux kernel detecs a harddrive first, it will make it as sda, and the next one as sdb. However, this is only in Clonezilla live environment. Not for your OS. Therefore, please pay attention which one is source, and which one is destination.
//NOTE// Backup important data before you use Clonezilla. Just in case.

Steven

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Abdul Rafay Khan - 2016-03-12

Thank you for your reply Steven.

OMG I feel like an idiot!!

I thought that was the case and so just to be sure I ran Clonezilla again, before posting here. The pics (3, 4 & 5) are from the second time and I took a pic of the dialog box where I select source disk to show the person who solves my problem that sda is Hitatchi (interal drive). I just checked the pic myself sda is Toshiba (external drive). I don't know how I misread it twice in the dialog box.
I was actually writingh you a reply to check the pic and I checked it myself, haha...

I'll post back after trying it the right way... Sorry to waste your time...

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Steven Shiau - 2016-03-20

No problem. If you still have any issue, please post it again.

Steven

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