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2010-01-18
2013-04-05
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2010-01-18

    Ok so i'm cloning from a 500gb to a 120gb

    i've shrunk the actual used space on the source 500gb to about 20gb - the rest is unused unformatted nothingness

    when i try to clone i get this error when i get up to cloning /dev/sdb2
    "partclone fail
    bitmap free cont err, free (blah some number)"

    there's about 7 paritions on the source drive. I'm not sure what types of file systems they all are and I don't know if clonezilla has a problem with ext4 either.

    eitherway i'd like to know how to get around this if it's possible.

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-01-19

    Try to use partition to partition clone, and remember to create the partition table on the destination disk before you start Clonezilla.

    Steven.

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2010-01-19

    I probably should have tried it that way but was afraid of the time it could take if any errors are made (there were 7 different partitions) so we've gone just to reinstall the OS.

    Should i fill out a bug for this error? will it be fixed in upcoming releases?

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-01-19

    Actually this is not a bug, it's a feature request :)
    Maybe we will have this feature someday…

    Steven.

     
  • H N

    H N - 2010-01-22

    I have a similar error while saving an ext4 partition. But, if I save the whole disk that includes this partition, it is ok. Clonezilla-live version 1.2.3-27

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-01-26

    Could you please show your steps to reproduce the problem in details? It's easier for us to see why and fix the problem.
    BTW, please also run /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-live-bug-report and post the created file.

    Steven.

     
  • H N

    H N - 2010-01-27

    I found that failure is due to the following partitioning problem:
    $ sudo fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x75adc3f6

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *           1        9321    74869908+   7  HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda2           18655       19458     6450176   12  Compaq diagnostics
    Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda3            9322       18654    74967322+   5  Extended
    /dev/sda5            9322       18268    71866746   83  Linux
    /dev/sda6           18269       18654     3100513+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
    Partition table entries are not in disk order

    After deleting /dev/sda2 partition with GParted, I can now save successfully the /dev/sda5 partition. It looks as if GParted has corrected the partition table:
    $ sudo fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x75adc3f6

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *           1        9321    74869908+   7  HPFS/NTFS
    /dev/sda3            9322       18654    74967322+   5  Extended
    /dev/sda5            9322       18268    71866746   83  Linux
    /dev/sda6           18269       18654     3100513+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

    Thank you for the answer,
    Ha

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-01-28

    Do you have any idea what's the file system for
    /dev/sda2 18655 19458 6450176 12 Compaq diagnostics
    ?

    Steven.

     
  • H N

    H N - 2010-01-29

    I inherit the laptop from a colleague of mine. This laptop ran XP. Then I replaced with Win7. I would suppose that /dev/sda2 is originally a recover or service partition.
    Ha

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-02-01

    Yes, I believe so. What I am curious is about the file system on that partition… I'd like to make sure if it's a supported file system by partclone, but partclone fails to save it… If so, definitely we have to fix it.

    Steven.

     
  • Zedpm

    Zedpm - 2010-05-12

    I have a Dell Poweredge 1850  with a 73GB drive with 16GB in use. I am using clonezilla live 1.2.4-28-686. I am trying to do a device-image to savedisk and getting the same error "bitmap free count err, free:13323052" I tried saving over SSH and to local USB.

     
  • Zedpm

    Zedpm - 2010-05-12

    Forgot to mention the OS is CentOS 5.3 using ext3 filesystem

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-05-12

    Enter expert mode, and check the option "-fsck-src-part".
    Or give testing Clonezilla live 1.2.5-15 a try.

    Steven.

     
  • Zedpm

    Zedpm - 2010-05-12

    Can you tell me what will this determine if I run in   Enter expert mode, and check the option "-fsck-src-part"

     
  • Steven Shiau

    Steven Shiau - 2010-05-12

    It will run fsck to check and  repair the integrity of file system before saving it as an image.

    Steven.

     

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