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Hi, please advise:
I've created an image according to the clonezilla live step-by-step instructions, copied that back to a clean D: partition and tried to restore that according to the same step-by-step instruction. However I get the error above.
STR: I've selected device-image; local_dev; sda2 as /home/partimag; selected the top directory as location for the image; the file system disk usage comes up with a mesage: df: /filesystem.squashfs no such file or dir; beginner mode; restoredisk; No volume groups found - no disk image found in /home/…
The image was made of a HP Elitebook laptop which was wiped completely. So I created te image to be able to recreate the original existing situation. I used Windows 7 to re-create the C: and D: volumes. These volumes are different in size than original but certainly both big enough to hold and restore the image. The image is less than 37 GB while both volumes are over a hundred GB each.
This is from the Info-packages file: Image was saved by these Clonezilla-related packages:
drbl-1.12.14-1drbl clonezilla-2.5.42-1drbl mkswap-uuid-0.1.1-1drbl partclone-0.2.49-1drbl drbl-chntpw-20110511-1drbl
This is from the sda1 file: PARTITION_TYPE=Win_boot_reserved
This is from the sda-pt file: # partition table of /dev/sda
unit: sectors
/dev/sda1 : start= 2048, size= 204800, Id= 7, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start= 206848, size=261685248, Id= 7
/dev/sda3 : start=261892096, size=363247616, Id= 7
/dev/sda4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0
When I try to use restoreparts the image is found. I'm able to select sda1 as target device. When continuing, it restores the image in a couple of seconds. Expectedly this is not correct also and destroys C: which is not bootable anymore…
Please advise, Thanks!
Since you save the image in /dev/sda2, which means the disk /dev/sda is used. Do you have 2nd disk (/dev/sdb)? If not, that makes sense… The unmounted, unused disk does not exist on your system.
Steven.
Steven, I have one physical disk which is divided into two partitions: C: containing the windows system and D: containing the image as described above.
At first it's necessary to copy your backup image with a live linux program (CD or memory stick or SD card) from
sda3 (D:\ in Windows) to an externel USB drive.
sda (your harddrive)
/dev/sda1 :.. size= 204800, Id= 7, bootable NTFS Win_boot_reserved
/dev/sda2 :.. size=261685248, Id= 7 NTFS_Win #C:\ destroyed I think
/dev/sda3 :.. size=363247616, Id= 7 NTFS_Data #D:\ your image, copy to ->sdb
/dev/sda4 :.. size= 0, Id= 0
sdb (external USB device, or sdc .. for the backup image)
Now you can use clonzilla live.
start clonezilla
:
device-image
local_device
(please insert USB device..)
press Enter key
(sda2) # C:\
(sda3) # D:\
sdb1 # it's your drive2 with the images
/ top_directory..
Beginner Mode
restore_device
choose the image file to restore
2012-10-..
etc.
Steven, I've now created an usb harddisk volume named Images. It looks like this: F:\2012-10…\..image files… Wil try restoring using your directions.
Am disappointed. This is wat i did and what happened:
Start clonezilla
device_image
local_dev
switch external disk on, mount as /home/partimag succesful
select sdc1 (external disk)
select / Top_directory…
File system usage report:
df: `/filesystem.squashfs' No such file…
…
/dev/sdc1 /home/partimag
Beginner…
Now I had to choose restoredisk or restorepars. Tried both:
A. restoredisk:
No disk image found, Quit. Reboot.
B. restoreparts:
Image 2012-10… found and selected.
Select sda1 (C:) as target partition with * … so far so good it seems… OK, Enter
Are you sure you want to continue? (2x) Y
Partclone screen starts and is finished in seconds!
Lots of messages: Device /dev/sda1 is not a FAT partition; The grub directory is not found, Found NTFS boot partition: /dev/sda1 etc. Finished!
Press Enter, select Reboot.
Windows boot manager: Windows failed to start. Insert windows disk or repair your computer. Status )xc000225, boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
Obviously the image has not been restored successfully to C:
What can I do now? Thanks.
Your step-by-step was o.k.
But here is only a save_partition backup image from sda1 (NTFS or normally VFAT, hidden).
Is there any save_disk backup image 2012-11-11-17(?)-img from sda (sda1,sda2,sda3) on sda3 (D:\ )
with :
info-saved-by-cmd.txt in it ?
What's the command in it?
Is there any
sda3.ntfs-ptcl-img.gz.aa
sda2.ntfs-..
sda1.vfat-..
or so.
Where is your clonzilla live (sdb1 or/and sda2 or doubly present) ?
What version ?
And the repository for your image is now sdc (F:\) ?
df: `/filesystem.squashfs' No such file… #no meaning, for other systems
Steven,
This is the file listing of the image files of \2012-10-27-16-img-system taken from a backup disk (doing this I noticed that the image I just used on F was missing files …ag to …as :-) So I will correct this first.
27-10-2012 21:28 69 clonezilla-img
27-10-2012 21:28 9.198 Info-dmi.txt
27-10-2012 21:28 21.466 Info-lshw.txt
27-10-2012 21:28 3.010 Info-lspci.txt
27-10-2012 21:28 172 Info-packages.txt
27-10-2012 21:28 10 parts
27-10-2012 17:55 37 sda-chs.sf
27-10-2012 17:55 1.048.064 sda-hidden-data-after-mbr
27-10-2012 17:55 512 sda-mbr
27-10-2012 17:55 387 sda-pt.parted
27-10-2012 17:55 259 sda-pt.sf
27-10-2012 17:55 33 sda1.info
27-10-2012 17:55 8.577.817 sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.aa
27-10-2012 18:07 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.aa
27-10-2012 18:17 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ab
27-10-2012 18:28 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ac
27-10-2012 18:40 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ad
27-10-2012 18:50 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ae
27-10-2012 18:58 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.af
27-10-2012 19:09 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ag
27-10-2012 19:20 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ah
27-10-2012 19:34 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ai
27-10-2012 19:46 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.aj
27-10-2012 19:58 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ak
27-10-2012 20:13 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.al
27-10-2012 20:27 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.am
27-10-2012 20:37 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.an
27-10-2012 20:45 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ao
27-10-2012 20:57 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ap
27-10-2012 21:07 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.aq
27-10-2012 21:16 2.097.152.000 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.ar
27-10-2012 21:28 1.364.082.243 sda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.bz2.as
Clonezilla live is on a bootable usb stick, its the version I loaded the 27th. The image resides on an usb harddisk (F:\)
About your questions:
Info-saved-by-cmd.txt in it ?
What's the command in it?
I don't see a file Info-saved as you can see from the listing above.
Other question: in entry 4 you write: " copy your backup image with a live linux program". Why linux? I just used Windows copy/paste.
thanks again,
Peter.
Now you can:
start clonezilla
:
device-image
local_device
(please insert your USB harddisk.. with "2012-10-27-16-img-system")
after 5 sec press Enter key
sda1 # bootable NTFS Win_boot_reserved hidden
sda2 # C:\
sda3 # D:\
(sdb1)# E:\ USB stick with clonzilla
sdc1 # F:\ with backup image, do you choose this
/ top_directory..
Beginner Mode
restoreparts
Choose the image file to restore
2012-10-27-16-img-system 2012-1027-16.. sda1_sda2
Choose the target partitions to be overwritten
sda1 #
sda2 # choose with space key
About your questions:
'Info-saved-by-cmd.txt' it isn't really in the image. I have forgotten it. You can call it over the command line.
With a live Linux program (e.g. live Ubuntu or others) I have hoped to avoid additional errors at the harddisk (sda).
Sig
Thanks, will try to create a new image of the C: partition first to make life easier for me. This time I create the image on the F: disk rather than on the D: partition. See if that makes a difference…
BTW, is it possible to log the messages that appear during the process?
OK, followed the instructions and selected both sda1 and sda2 to restore to. Restore failed after a couple of seconds due to a CRC error so it appears from the Partclone screen. How to read the logfile in /var/log/partclone.log that has been created?
A retry selecting only sda1 to restore to fails also.
Then I tried to restore the newly created image to sda1 which is succesful….
So what's wrong with the first image?
1. And, imho a difference is that the image was created on the D: partition. Would that make a difference?
2. And the newly created C: and D: partitions differ in size with the original partitions that the image were made of. Does that matter?
3. I could not find the logfile /var/log/partclone.log. Where should that be or will it be overwritten by restorint the other image?
4. Can I get you any other information from the image files? Could share some files with you via dropbox.
5. Forgot to mention: when I initially created the image I had it checked by clonezilla and it was ok.
Thanks again, Peter.
Now I would start clonezilla in Failsave mode (!) to restore the images.
Your questions about
differences:
Now the C: and D: partitions are not any more the original versions. Therefore it gives differences.
via dropbox:
Your image files are greater then 2GB, about 40 GB. To transmit the data it would take a long time.
log file:
You can obtain /var/log/partclone.log over the command line enter .
cd /
nano /var/log/partclone.log
^X # i.e. Ctrl+X to exit the log file
sudo shutdown -r now # restart