read ERROR:Success

[José Ferreira]

Hi there,

I’ve tried backing up my OS with clonezilla twice now and I’ve had the
same error twice, after having done a successful backup a few months ago.

Trying to backup my Manjaro root partition to an external HDD through
USB using encryption returns the following error:

|read ERROR:Success |

I’m unsure where to start debugging this issue because the error is not
really an error, but it stops the backup process almost at the end and
then doesn’t check the backup to see if it’s working correctly, as
specified.

The |partclone.log| can be found here https://termbin.com/nj8cv and
|clonezilla.log| can be found here https://termbin.com/bpqeg, both
available on termbin.

I’m unsure what version of clonezilla I’m using, but in a worst case
scenario it’s a few months old and being booted from a multi-boot USB
thumb drive.

So far searching for this problem online has lead me to nothing, and
that’s why I’m here to ask how should I proceed to successfully back up
my system.

Thanks in advance.

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[Steven Shiau]

Which version of Clonezilla live did you use? Have you tried the latest stable Clonezilla live, i.e., 2.7.2-39 or even testing one 2.7.3-9 or 20210714-*?
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

Steven

[José Ferreira]

I've updated to the most recent version of Clonezilla only to get stuck in the boot process. I've tried both stable and alternative stable (2 times each) and got stuck on "Configuring keyboard" or something similar to that twice, once on something related to "big page" I'm not quite sure, and the other time a black screen with a white square on the top left of the screen.

Should I open up a new thread for that? So far I'm having a few troubles using this, but I was going to try backing up to a newer HDD that I know works flawlessly.

[Steven Shiau]

As I mentioned, please give the latest stable Clonezilla live, i.e., 2.7.2-39 or even testing one 2.7.3-9 or 20210714-* a try:
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

Steven

[José Ferreira]

I tried the latest stable version that was available to download yesterday, so I'm assuming it's the 2.7.2-39, and currently my USB thumb drive has the alternative stable version 20210609-hirsute.

I can, however, give the testing version a try to see if it boots.

Regardless, the previous version I was using, which was probably a few months old, booted as expected, it's strange that the newer version doesn't.

I forgot to mention something which might be relevant that is the fact that Clonezilla is on a multi-boot USB thumb drive created using YUMI. So far I haven't had any issues with this program but who knows.

[José Ferreira]

Both testing and alternate testing versions get stuck on "Configuring keyboard" or something similar to that (I've waited 4-5 minutes but it didn't move).

[Steven Shiau]

Can you take a photo about the whole screen then post it?
Thanks.

Steven

[José Ferreira]

Sorry about the low quality, I've recorded a video - link - of the whole thing and included a screenshot of the part where it gets stuck.

[Steven Shiau]

I can not reproduce this issue here...
However, a workaround for you. You can try to assign the keyboard layout in the boot parameter by using
keyboard-layouts=en
Then it might be able to continue...
Ref: https://clonezilla.org/fine-print-live-doc.php?path=./clonezilla-live/doc/99_Misc/00_live-boot-parameters.doc#00_live-boot-parameters.doc

Steven

[José Ferreira]

Thanks for the tip.

Maybe you can help me out ensuring I am modifying the right file, because since I use YUMI there's more folders than the usual.
Inside the thumb drive I have a folder named /multiboot and inside I have a folder named /multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1), which I would guess has everything related to Clonezilla.
Inside that folder there's a file named grub.cfg that contains the following:

# Menu Entry Created by YUMI
insmod png
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
insmod ntfs
insmod ext2
#set root='hd0,msdos1'
set root --label MULTIBOOT --hint hd0,msdos1
#the following two lines allow the default entry to boot without displaying a menu (default)
set timeout=0
set TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
if loadfont /boot/grub/fonts/unicode.pf2 ; then
    set gfxmode=640x480
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
   insmod vbe
   insmod vga
    insmod gfxterm
    terminal_output gfxterm
fi
if background_image /boot/grub/yumi.png ; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=yellow/dark-gray
     set menu_color_highlight=yellow/black
     set menu_color_normal=white/blue
else
  set menu_color_normal=white/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=yellow/black
fi
set default=2
menuentry "[Reboot]" {reboot}
menuentry "< Go back to the Main Menu"{configfile /EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg}

menuentry "clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)" {
#set gfxpayload=keep
loopback loop /multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1).iso
linux /multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/live/vmlinuz iso-scan/filename=/multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1).iso boot=live noprompt components config toram=live,syslinux,EFI,boot,.disk,utils findiso=/multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1).iso  
echo "Loading - This may take several seconds..."
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

Is this the right file to modify? And if so, is there any specific place for me to add the line keyboard-layouts=en or should it be before or after some specific line?

[Steven Shiau]

Yes, I believe that's the file.
Just append keyboard-layouts=en in the linux line, i.e.,
linux /multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/live/vmlinuz iso-scan/filename=/multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1).iso boot=live noprompt components config toram=live,syslinux,EFI,boot,.disk,utils findiso=/multiboot/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1)/clonezilla-live-20210714-hirsute-amd64(1).iso keyboard-layouts=en

Steven

[José Ferreira]

It worked, I managed to backup my partition into an image on my external HDD (this one is newer, it might be the old one that's having problems).

However forcing the keyboard layout revealed some unwanted output which can be seen during run time as shown in the image sent as an attachment.

[Steven Shiau]

Oh, I suggest you assign the locales, too.
That is, add locales like the following in the boot parameters,
locales=en_US.UTF-8
as documented here:
https://clonezilla.org/fine-print-live-doc.php?path=./clonezilla-live/doc/99_Misc/00_live-boot-parameters.doc#00_live-boot-parameters.doc

Steven

[José Ferreira]

Yup that worked, at least I have no further warnings on Clonezilla while doing backups.

Thanks!