initramfs unable to find a medium containing a live file system

[Fulvio Magni]

I'm trying to install clonezilla zesty on the seventh partition of a gpt disk, but i always end up to a black screen saying "initramfs unable to find a medium containing a live file system".
This is the script i built for GRUB2, following the tutorial and checking the parameters of syslinux.cfg.

set root=(hd0,7)
linux /live-hd/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user hostname=zesty config components quiet noswap nolocales edd=on nomodeset
ocs_live_run=\"ocs-live-general\" ocs_live_extra_param=\"\" keyboard-layouts=\"it\" ocs_live_batch=\"no\" locales=it_IT.UTF-8 vga=791 ip= net.ifnames=0 splash
nouveau.blacklist=yes vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1
live-media-path=/live-hd bootfrom=/dev/sda7 toram=filesystem.squashfs
initrd /live-hd/initrd.img

Maybe you can give a hand?

[Steven Shiau]

Normally this is Linux kernel/hardware support issue. Did you try testing Clonezilla live, like >= 2.5.5-23?
http://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

Steven

[ski-777]

I have a similar problem.
If I run CloneZilla live with a USB stick ... it's OK
But saving time, I wanted to run the Live version from the partition and the program
grub-imageboot
path to the iso file: /boot/images/CloneZilla.iso
Most new Live versions do not work. : 2.5.5-38 /testing - 2.5.5-42/
But the older version works: 20170905-zesty-amd64
is it the fault of my Samsung R780 laptop?
after about 1 - 2 minutes ... only:
"(initramfs) unable to find a medium containing a live file system"
hardware info: http://paste.debian.net/1023989/
regards!

[ski-777]

Ok, I managed without a grub-imageboot program.
Editing the 40_custom file and entering the appropriate entry
CloneZilla now works again with the grub menu options.
regards!

[BytEvil]

@ski-777 Hi, friend! Please provide your menuentry for 2.5.x version. Thanks!

[ski-777]

my config:

menuentry "Clonezilla live" {
set isofile="/home/kris/clonezilla/clonezilla-live-2.5.5-42-amd64.iso"
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live config components noswap edd=on nomodeset vga=791 ip=frommedia toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=$isofile union=overlay username=user
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

Do not forget then:
update-grub

[BytEvil]

Thanks, ski-777, but this is not worked on my Asus Maximus VI Extreme...

[ski-777]

but did you change my posted entry into your own?.... in: /etc/grub.d/40_custom
I still have the right to execute
chmod +x /home/kris/clonezilla/clonezilla-live-XXX-version.iso
chmod 777 /home/kris/clonezilla/clonezilla-live-XXX-version.iso

/home/user-name/clonezilla/clonezilla-live-XXX.iso

[BytEvil]

This error occured, when booting... https://imgur.com/a/E2UQ2QU

[ski-777]

Remove all devices connected to the computer via USB
during the CloneZilla start .... via HDD : path / home/ user name/ clonezilla/ (name Clonezilla.iso)
For me Clonezilla starts not from USB but from hard disk / partition
Why are you experiencing USB port errors?
maybe : https://superuser.com/questions/668911/what-are-usb-device-resets
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/88746
or
https://clonezilla.org/livehd.php