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robina80 - 2025-05-20

hi all,

i saved an image using "savedisk" and the hard drive in the machine was a sdX not a nvme one

instead of "restoredisk" (which works restoring to nvme targets) i select "restorepartitions" and i get my sdX partitions to select from

now when i select them all and get to the next stage, instead of restoring the target to the nvme it wants to delete the clonezilla sdX

is there anyway to restore the parts to the nvme ie the pc

thanks,
rob

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Steven Shiau - 2025-05-21

You can use this command to convert the image for the destination disk/partition name:
https://drbl.org/management/techrpt.php?c=cnvt-ocs-dev&t=To%20change%20the%20device%20name%20in%20saved%20clonezilla%20image

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robina80 - 2025-05-21

so to convert my image from sda to nvme would this work

cnvt-ocs-dev -d /path/to/image win11-09052025-img sda nvme

about the image location as its on a "samba_server" do i have to put the location of the samba_server or /home/partimag

im going to make a copy of my image before and rename the copy, can i just rename the dir folder of the image or do i need to change any files etc

thanks,
rob

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robina80 - 2025-05-21

cant mount the samba share and i need to mount it to run the "cnvt-ocs-dev" command

cifs.png

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robina80 - 2025-05-21

i added my network to /etc/network/interfaces, restarted the networking service but couldnt ping still, il show you what i appended to my interfaces file

iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.125
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.1.1.1

changed the ips to match my network

service networking restart

tried to ping my samba_server and i couldnt ping it

also this vm i have hooked up to the right network where it can see my samba_server

EDIT - stupid me i forgot to add above the auto so now it works i can ping the samba share

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.1.1.125
netmask 255.0.0.0
gateway 10.1.1.1

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robina80 - 2025-05-21

ok i done it, i had to mount my samba share to /home/partimg for it to work, also i didnt have to specify the -d i could just run this when i cd'd in the dir

sudo cnvt-ocs-dev testing-img sda nvme0n1

but i get these errors but it says it has renamed so im bit confused (i attach pic)

also looking in the samba share the image folder i see no "sda" i see "nvme0n1"

Last edit: robina80 2025-05-21

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robina80 - 2025-05-22

ok this is very weird, so when i copy/rename my image

sudo cp -rfp win11-19052025-img testing-img

i then access my samba share and open up the testing image and all the files are there that its complaining about but as soon as i run

sudo cnvt-ocs-dev -d /home/partimag testing-img sda nvme0n1

it deletes them as when i go back in the testing image folder there gone but its renamed all the sda to nvme0n1

what is happening please and why is this happening

thanks,
rob

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Steven Shiau - 2025-05-23

"it deletes them as when i go back in the testing image folder there gone but its renamed all the sda to nvme0n1" -> It just renames the files, not deleting them.

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sorry steven, from what im looking at it does and no idea why... i attach below, ive instaleld ubuntu 24.04 on a vm and installed clonezilla on it via apt-get to do the conversion from sda to nvme and i mounted my samba share to the vm

ls /home/partimag/testing-img/
blkdev.list     efi-nvram.dat      Info-lspci.txt         parts                   sda-chs.sf      sda-mbr
blkid.list      Info-dmi.txt       Info-OS-prober.txt     sda1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst  sda-gpt-1st     sda-pt.parted
clonezilla-img  Info-img-id.txt    Info-packages.txt      sda2.dd-ptcl-img.zst    sda-gpt-2nd     sda-pt.parted.compact
dev-fs.list     Info-img-size.txt  Info-saved-by-cmd.txt  sda3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst  sda-gpt.gdisk   sda-pt.sf
disk            Info-lshw.txt      Info-smart.txt         sda4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst  sda-gpt.sgdisk
root@clonezilla:/mnt/mdt# cnvt-ocs-dev -d /home/partimag testing-img sda nvme0n1
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
Setting the TERM as xterm
Clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag
WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
WARNING! THIS ACTION IS RISKY! THE CONVERTION MAYBE WILL LET CLIENT FAIL TO BOOT!
NOTE!
(1) The OS itself from image "testing-img" should support the device driver, such as SCSI or SATA if you convert it to SCSI/SATA.
(2) If the OS itself from image "testing-img" is GNU/Linux, maybe you have to modify the /etc/fstab inside it. You can do that after cloing it to harddisk, then boot it into single user mode, or use Live CD/DRBL client mode to make it.
Are you sure you want to continue ? (y/N) y
Let's do it!
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/parts... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/parts: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XX77EON4' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/parts': No such file or directory, <> line 1.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.sf... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.sf: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXHuZlWF' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.sf': No such file or directory, <> line 12.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/dev-fs.list... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/dev-fs.list: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXd4HyjT' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/dev-fs.list': No such file or directory, <> line 6.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/blkdev.list... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/blkdev.list: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXhLyWU1' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/blkdev.list': No such file or directory, <> line 10.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/blkid.list... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/blkid.list: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXh7W8Sh' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/blkid.list': No such file or directory, <> line 7.
done!
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/disk... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/disk: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXZKyLpB' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/disk': No such file or directory, <> line 1.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XX4qvznT' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted': No such file or directory, <> line 12.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted.compact... Cannot complete in-place edit of /home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted.compact: failed to rename work file '/home/partimag/testing-img/XXwLkUzu' to '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-pt.parted.compact': No such file or directory, <> line 12.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/blkdev.list... Can't open /home/partimag/testing-img/blkdev.list: No such file or directory.
done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/testing-img/blkid.list... Can't open /home/partimag/testing-img/blkid.list: No such file or directory.
done!
*****************************************************.
*****************************************************.
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-chs.sf' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-chs.sf'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-gpt-1st' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-gpt-1st'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-gpt-2nd' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-gpt-2nd'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-gpt.gdisk' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-gpt.gdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-gpt.sgdisk' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-gpt.sgdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda-mbr' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1-mbr'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1p1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda2.dd-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1p2.dd-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1p3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/testing-img/sda4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/testing-img/nvme0n1p4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst'
root@clonezilla:/mnt/mdt# ls /home/partimag/testing-img/
clonezilla-img              Info-img-size.txt   Info-saved-by-cmd.txt  nvme0n1-gpt.gdisk            nvme0n1p3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst
device_name_converted.info  Info-lshw.txt       Info-smart.txt         nvme0n1-gpt.sgdisk           nvme0n1p4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst
efi-nvram.dat               Info-lspci.txt      nvme0n1-chs.sf         nvme0n1-mbr
Info-dmi.txt                Info-OS-prober.txt  nvme0n1-gpt-1st        nvme0n1p1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst
Info-img-id.txt             Info-packages.txt   nvme0n1-gpt-2nd        nvme0n1p2.dd-ptcl-img.zst
root@clonezilla:/mnt/mdt#

Last edit: robina80 2025-05-23

ok so its a problem with windows samba server as when i copy the image folder locally to the vm it works and it deletes no files... do you think this can be looked into please steven ?

ls /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/
blkdev.list     disk             Info-img-size.txt   Info-packages.txt      sda1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst  sda-chs.sf     sda-gpt.sgdisk         sda-pt.sf
blkid.list      efi-nvram.dat    Info-lshw.txt       Info-saved-by-cmd.txt  sda2.dd-ptcl-img.zst    sda-gpt-1st    sda-mbr
clonezilla-img  Info-dmi.txt     Info-lspci.txt      Info-smart.txt         sda3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst  sda-gpt-2nd    sda-pt.parted
dev-fs.list     Info-img-id.txt  Info-OS-prober.txt  parts                  sda4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst  sda-gpt.gdisk  sda-pt.parted.compact
root@clonezilla:/home/clonezilla# cnvt-ocs-dev -d /home/partimag win11-19052025-img sda nvme0n1
Setting the TERM as xterm
Clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag
WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
WARNING! THIS ACTION IS RISKY! THE CONVERTION MAYBE WILL LET CLIENT FAIL TO BOOT!
NOTE!
(1) The OS itself from image "win11-19052025-img" should support the device driver, such as SCSI or SATA if you convert it to SCSI/SATA.
(2) If the OS itself from image "win11-19052025-img" is GNU/Linux, maybe you have to modify the /etc/fstab inside it. You can do that after cloing it to harddisk, then boot it into single user mode, or use Live CD/DRBL client mode to make it.
Are you sure you want to continue ? (y/N) y
Let's do it!
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/parts... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.sf... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/dev-fs.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/blkdev.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/blkid.list... done!
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/disk... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.parted... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.parted.compact... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/blkdev.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/blkid.list... done!
*****************************************************.
*****************************************************.
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-chs.sf' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-chs.sf'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-gpt-1st' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-gpt-1st'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-gpt-2nd' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-gpt-2nd'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-gpt.gdisk' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-gpt.gdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-gpt.sgdisk' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-gpt.sgdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-mbr' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-mbr'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.parted' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-pt.parted'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.parted.compact' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-pt.parted.compact'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda-pt.sf' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1-pt.sf'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1p1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda2.dd-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1p2.dd-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1p3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/sda4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/nvme0n1p4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst'
root@clonezilla:/home/clonezilla# ls /home/partimag/win11-19052025-img/
blkdev.list                 disk               Info-lshw.txt          Info-smart.txt     nvme0n1-gpt.sgdisk           nvme0n1p4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst
blkid.list                  efi-nvram.dat      Info-lspci.txt         nvme0n1-chs.sf     nvme0n1-mbr                  nvme0n1-pt.parted
clonezilla-img              Info-dmi.txt       Info-OS-prober.txt     nvme0n1-gpt-1st    nvme0n1p1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst  nvme0n1-pt.parted.compact
dev-fs.list                 Info-img-id.txt    Info-packages.txt      nvme0n1-gpt-2nd    nvme0n1p2.dd-ptcl-img.zst    nvme0n1-pt.sf
device_name_converted.info  Info-img-size.txt  Info-saved-by-cmd.txt  nvme0n1-gpt.gdisk  nvme0n1p3.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst  parts
root@clonezilla:/home/clonezilla#

Last edit: robina80 2025-05-23

Steven Shiau - 2025-05-25

No idea actually. If the permission is correct, then it should work like what you had.
We do not have any issue using cnvt-ocs-dev.

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robina80 - 2025-05-25

tbh steven its fine as ive made a ubuntu server now and ive installed on it samba server and clonezilla so i dont have to copy my image from the samba server (windows) to the clonezilla server so i could do the convertion of the image

could you please let me know what disks you support with the cnvt-ocs-dev command?

also when i run the cnvt-ocs-dev command then i have to enter yes to confirm/continue, can i force it to say yes to do this automatically?

Last edit: robina80 2025-05-25

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ok done option -b for no user prompts

cd /home/partimag/
cnvt-ocs-dev -b win11-20250528-test-img sda nvme0n1
Setting the TERM as xterm
Clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/parts... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.sf... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/dev-fs.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/blkdev.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/blkid.list... done!
*****************************************************.
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/disk... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.parted... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.parted.compact... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/blkdev.list... done!
Change sda to nvme0n1 in /home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/blkid.list... done!
*****************************************************.
*****************************************************.
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-chs.sf' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-chs.sf'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-gpt-1st' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-gpt-1st'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-gpt-2nd' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-gpt-2nd'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-gpt.gdisk' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-gpt.gdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-gpt.sgdisk' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-gpt.sgdisk'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-mbr' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-mbr'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.parted' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-pt.parted'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.parted.compact' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-pt.parted.compact'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda-pt.sf' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1-pt.sf'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1p1.vfat-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda2.dd-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1p2.dd-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda3.dd-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1p3.dd-ptcl-img.zst'
renamed '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/sda4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst' -> '/home/partimag/win11-20250528-test-img/nvme0n1p4.ntfs-ptcl-img.zst'
root@clonezilla:/home/partimag#

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