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[Clonezilla-live] Span an ISO across multiple DVD's?

[Uriel A. <ams...@ya...>]

Hi I am looking to create an image backup of my system to a DVD. However, suppose that the ISO won't fit on the DVD.

(1) What software do I use to break up the ISO? (ex: tar) Or can Clonezilla do this for me via some wizard?
(2) Can Clonezilla restore from spanned media? Or do I need to first rejoin the spanned pieces?

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Uriel

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Newbie Question

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hello Uriel,

1) You can mount /home/partimag either using ssh, nfs, a local usb or second HD.

2) Clonezilla image size depends upon the size of data you have in the HD. It uses compression algorithms so the size of the image will be less than the actual data size.

If you have 20GB data, you take a backup in a 20GB space.

Shameem 

--- On Fri, 12/18/09, Uriel Avalos <ams...@ya...> wrote:

> From: Uriel Avalos <ams...@ya...>
> Subject: [Clonezilla-live] Newbie Question
> To: clo...@li...
> Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 9:49 PM
> I'd like to make an image backup of
> my OS. I took a look at the "Save disk image" in step by
> step examles but I have a few questions:
> 
> (1) Where you mount /home/partimag (where the image gets
> saved), how big does that need to be?
> 
> (2) When CloneZilla makes an image, is the image the same
> size as the entire partition or just the space that's taken
> up? Ex: I have Windows installed in a 80 GB partition but it
> uses up only 20 GB... How big will the image be? 20 GB or 80
> GB?
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] Newbie Question

[Uriel A. <ams...@ya...>]

I'd like to make an image backup of my OS. I took a look at the "Save disk image" in step by step examles but I have a few questions:

(1) Where you mount /home/partimag (where the image gets saved), how big does that need to be?

(2) When CloneZilla makes an image, is the image the same size as the entire partition or just the space that's taken up? Ex: I have Windows installed in a 80 GB partition but it uses up only 20 GB... How big will the image be? 20 GB or 80 GB?

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Broadcom NetExtreme II problems

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

If i want to create custom clonezilla image, how can i add these drivers in to the new image.

In the faq, you didn't mention about adding custom packages to the custom Clonezilla live.

When i tried create-debian-live --help, it shows the option --packages to add new packages.  Can you please explain this briefly ?. Can i specify 

create-debian-live -l e -b stable -k 2.6.30-backports.1-486 -i customized -a bnx2-driver

where bnx2-driver is the custom build driver for the BCM5708

Regards
Shameem

--- On Fri, 12/18/09, Shameem Ahamed <sha...@ya...> wrote:

> From: Shameem Ahamed <sha...@ya...>
> Subject: [Clonezilla-live] (no subject)
> To: clo...@li...
> Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 8:23 PM
> Hi Steven,
> 
> I am trying to create an image of my new machine. It has
> the 
> 
> Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 GB Ethernet Card
> 
> when i am booting to Clonezilla live image, it is stuck on
> 
> 
> "Warning: waiting for ethernet cards up.... If this fails,
> maybe the ethernet card in not supported by the kernel
> 2.6.30-backports.1-486"
> 
> I have checked one of your earlier reply to such a problem
> and it seems like i need to put the module for the NIC card
> in to Clonezilla live. 
> 
> 
> Will this work for me ? Will this give a permanent
> solution?. If you have anymore suggestions please let me
> know.
> 
> Regards,
> Shameem
> 
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] (no subject)

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hi Steven,

I am trying to create an image of my new machine. It has the 

Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 GB Ethernet Card

when i am booting to Clonezilla live image, it is stuck on 

"Warning: waiting for ethernet cards up.... If this fails, maybe the ethernet card in not supported by the kernel 2.6.30-backports.1-486"

I have checked one of your earlier reply to such a problem and it seems like i need to put the module for the NIC card in to Clonezilla live. 


Will this work for me ? Will this give a permanent solution?. If you have anymore suggestions please let me know.

Regards,
Shameem


      

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Problems with live-getty and live-netdev

[Santiago B. <san...@gm...>]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>
>
> Santiago Bruno wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Thanks for the bug reports. I reply your question sin the following.
>>>
>>> Santiago Bruno wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to use Clonezilla live in a machine that will boot using
>>>> PXE through its interface eth1. This machine can redirect the console
>>>> using Serial over Lan with its own hardware and is configured to do
>>>> so.
>>>>
>>>> I added live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to the kernel command
>>>> line but I'm having a strange problem.
>>>>
>>>> When I'm looking at the serial console, after booting clonezilla,
>>>> there is output at the console as expected, but some output also goes
>>>> to the VGA. And it's not the same output. Is like there are two
>>>> different clonezilla instances in tty1 and ttyS0. They even start
>>>> cloning the same partitions at diferent times messing all up. At the
>>>> end one can go to the command line on both consoles and evidently they
>>>> are two different processes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> How did you configure your clonezilla live ? Please show us the config
>>> files, e.g. syslinux.cfg... So it's easier for me to reproduce the
>>> problem
>>> then we can fix this problem.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I'm using some custom scripts, but now I reduced the
>> configuration to try to use a script that does not exists to see if
>> the problem still happened so it could be easier to reproduce.
>>
>> The pxe file for the machine would be like this:
>>
>> default Clonezilla
>> label Clonezilla
>> kernel /clonezilla/vmlinuz
>> append initrd=/clonezilla/initrd.img boot=live live-getty
>> console=ttyS0,115200n8 union=aufs noswap noprompt nosplash
>> live-netdev="eth1"
>> fetch=tftp://<SERVER_IP>/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs
>> ocs_live_keymap="NONE" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8"
>> ocs_live_run="/blablablabla"
>>
>
> "console=ttyS0,115200n8" -> Is it a typo or?
> The one I tried before is with extra "1" in the end:
>
> console=ttyS0,115200n81

No, I didn't write the extra "1", but it seems not to be mandatory to
write the complete options, as said in the kernel documentation, the
default is 9600n8

http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt#514

I will try with the extra 1 anyway, but I don't think that that can be
the problem.

Santiago.

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Problems with live-getty and live-netdev

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Santiago Bruno wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for the bug reports. I reply your question sin the following.
>>
>> Santiago Bruno wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to use Clonezilla live in a machine that will boot using
>>> PXE through its interface eth1. This machine can redirect the console
>>> using Serial over Lan with its own hardware and is configured to do
>>> so.
>>>
>>> I added live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to the kernel command
>>> line but I'm having a strange problem.
>>>
>>> When I'm looking at the serial console, after booting clonezilla,
>>> there is output at the console as expected, but some output also goes
>>> to the VGA. And it's not the same output. Is like there are two
>>> different clonezilla instances in tty1 and ttyS0. They even start
>>> cloning the same partitions at diferent times messing all up. At the
>>> end one can go to the command line on both consoles and evidently they
>>> are two different processes.
>>>       
>> How did you configure your clonezilla live ? Please show us the config
>> files, e.g. syslinux.cfg... So it's easier for me to reproduce the problem
>> then we can fix this problem.
>>     
>
> Well, I'm using some custom scripts, but now I reduced the
> configuration to try to use a script that does not exists to see if
> the problem still happened so it could be easier to reproduce.
>
> The pxe file for the machine would be like this:
>
> default Clonezilla
> label Clonezilla
> kernel /clonezilla/vmlinuz
> append initrd=/clonezilla/initrd.img boot=live live-getty
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 union=aufs noswap noprompt nosplash
> live-netdev="eth1"
> fetch=tftp://<SERVER_IP>/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs
> ocs_live_keymap="NONE" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8"
> ocs_live_run="/blablablabla"
>   
"console=ttyS0,115200n8" -> Is it a typo or?
The one I tried before is with extra "1" in the end:

console=ttyS0,115200n81

Steven.


> and what happens when booting is the following.
>
> VGA starts displaying the pxe boot, "Decompressing Linux..."
> decompressing the initrd, and the last lines are
> "Ready
> Probing EDD (...) ok"
>
> It stops there, and then, text starts coming out through ttyS0
> instead. squashfs is decompressed, init starts, I can see that it
> tries to set up eth0 through dhcp because I see some "DHCPDISCOVER..."
> lines until it times out.
> Then I think it sets up eth1 very fast and then the problem starts.
> I think it is when the ocs scripts begin executing.
> The VGA changes from the typical console text to another font,
> probably a framebuffer, and some scripts begin executing both in tty1
> and ttyS0
> obviously they fail inmediately because there is no blablablabla
> script, but I get the prompt to select what to do next in both
> terminals and they are different processes.
> If I type "tty" one gives /dev/tty1 and the other /dev/ttyS0.
> I would expect that everything happens in ttyS0 if I specified
> console=ttyS0 on the command line, or to have an option to do that. Is
> it possible? I would expect in that case to keep tty1 blocked or in a
> login prompt.
>
>
>   
>>> I hope I had explained the problem clearly. Is there a way to avoid
>>> this? To make clonezilla run just in one console?
>>>
>>> May be this is caused because of the uncommon scenario in which I'm
>>> running clonezilla, because I couldn't find much information about
>>> this problem on the net.
>>>
>>> I used clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31 for this test.
>>>
>>> So I tried with clonezilla-live-1.2.3-15 and the ubuntu based, but
>>> there I had another problem. The live-netdev="eth1" is apparently
>>> ignored. While running the initrd the ipconfig command tries to
>>> configure eth0 using dhcp and does never time out.
>>>       
>> The live-netdev bug has been fixed in Clonezilla live 1.2.3-18. Please give
>> it a try.
>>     
>
> It is working fine now. Thanks a lot!
>
> Santiago.
>   

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Problems with live-getty and live-netdev

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Santiago Bruno wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for the bug reports. I reply your question sin the following.
>>
>> Santiago Bruno wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to use Clonezilla live in a machine that will boot using
>>> PXE through its interface eth1. This machine can redirect the console
>>> using Serial over Lan with its own hardware and is configured to do
>>> so.
>>>
>>> I added live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to the kernel command
>>> line but I'm having a strange problem.
>>>
>>> When I'm looking at the serial console, after booting clonezilla,
>>> there is output at the console as expected, but some output also goes
>>> to the VGA. And it's not the same output. Is like there are two
>>> different clonezilla instances in tty1 and ttyS0. They even start
>>> cloning the same partitions at diferent times messing all up. At the
>>> end one can go to the command line on both consoles and evidently they
>>> are two different processes.
>>>       
>> How did you configure your clonezilla live ? Please show us the config
>> files, e.g. syslinux.cfg... So it's easier for me to reproduce the problem
>> then we can fix this problem.
>>     
>
> Well, I'm using some custom scripts, but now I reduced the
> configuration to try to use a script that does not exists to see if
> the problem still happened so it could be easier to reproduce.
>
> The pxe file for the machine would be like this:
>
> default Clonezilla
> label Clonezilla
> kernel /clonezilla/vmlinuz
> append initrd=/clonezilla/initrd.img boot=live live-getty
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 union=aufs noswap noprompt nosplash
> live-netdev="eth1"
> fetch=tftp://<SERVER_IP>/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs
> ocs_live_keymap="NONE" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8"
> ocs_live_run="/blablablabla"
>
> and what happens when booting is the following.
>
> VGA starts displaying the pxe boot, "Decompressing Linux..."
> decompressing the initrd, and the last lines are
> "Ready
> Probing EDD (...) ok"
>
> It stops there, and then, text starts coming out through ttyS0
> instead. squashfs is decompressed, init starts, I can see that it
> tries to set up eth0 through dhcp because I see some "DHCPDISCOVER..."
> lines until it times out.
> Then I think it sets up eth1 very fast and then the problem starts.
> I think it is when the ocs scripts begin executing.
> The VGA changes from the typical console text to another font,
> probably a framebuffer, and some scripts begin executing both in tty1
> and ttyS0
> obviously they fail inmediately because there is no blablablabla
> script, but I get the prompt to select what to do next in both
> terminals and they are different processes.
> If I type "tty" one gives /dev/tty1 and the other /dev/ttyS0.
> I would expect that everything happens in ttyS0 if I specified
> console=ttyS0 on the command line, or to have an option to do that. Is
> it possible? I would expect in that case to keep tty1 blocked or in a
> login prompt.
>
>
>   
Yes, this is an issue I think. I need more time to solve this... to 
avoid them to be run both on tty1 and ttyS0 simultaneously...

Steven.
>>> I hope I had explained the problem clearly. Is there a way to avoid
>>> this? To make clonezilla run just in one console?
>>>
>>> May be this is caused because of the uncommon scenario in which I'm
>>> running clonezilla, because I couldn't find much information about
>>> this problem on the net.
>>>
>>> I used clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31 for this test.
>>>
>>> So I tried with clonezilla-live-1.2.3-15 and the ubuntu based, but
>>> there I had another problem. The live-netdev="eth1" is apparently
>>> ignored. While running the initrd the ipconfig command tries to
>>> configure eth0 using dhcp and does never time out.
>>>       
>> The live-netdev bug has been fixed in Clonezilla live 1.2.3-18. Please give
>> it a try.
>>     
>
> It is working fine now. Thanks a lot!
>
> Santiago.
>   

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Jay Mistry wrote:
>> You have to find a working space to do that. One of the choices is to use
>> virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox.
>> You might refer to this:
>> http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/68_manually_partclone_restore.faq#68_manually_partclone_restore.faq
>>
>> Steven.
>>     
>
>
> Steven,
>
> Thanks for the link, I think that might work. However, once I create
> the image (e.g. sda2.img - for which I will use an external HD so that
> storage space is not a problem) - after this image is created, how do
> I open the <.img> file ?  I am familiar with the .ISO image format
> since that is commonly used, but not .img type.
>   
The sda2.img can be mounted. I have updated the Q&A so please refer to 
that again.
If any problem, please let me know.

Steven.
> Can it be saved as an .ISO image with the same command ?
> i.e. will the below cmd work ?
>
>   
>> cat dir/hda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.gz.* |gzip -d -c | partclone.restore -C -s - -o hda2.iso
>>                                                                                                             ^^^
>> (/ NOTE: the .iso file extension for the image, other syntax is as in the link /)
>>     
>
> In the meantime, I tried to increase the /dev/sdb1 ( /home) partition
> from the current 22 GB to 35 GB (the original size), but that is not
> possible without affecting the / (root) partition as both are
> categorized as primary partitions.
>
> Jay
>
>
>   
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi Jay,
>>>> Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one.
>>>> This
>>>> is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation of
>>>> partclone, ntfsclone or partimage).
>>>>
>>>> Steven.
>>>>
>>>> Jay Mistry wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
>>>>> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
>>>>> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
>>>>> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
>>>>> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
>>>>> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
>>>>> that the destination partition is smaller than the source
>>>>> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
>>>>> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
>>>>> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jay
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
>             I have found a work around for it.  Now i am stuck up with the partition part only. I am able to clone the image successfully, fully automatically.
>
>
> Now the problem is, I am trying to clone the image of a 250 GB HD to a 1 TB HD So after the cloning the remaining 750 GB is unallocated.  I want to resize the HD after the cloning, and before rebooting.
>
> Is it possible ?. Is there anything called post cloning script ?.
>   
There is an option "-o1" in the expert mode which you can use. It will 
use "run-parts" to run the exec program in the dir 
/opt/drbl/share/ocs/postrun.

Steven.
> Regards,
> Shameem 
>
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
>> Cc: clo...@li...
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:59 PM
>> You can try the boot parameters
>> ocs_prerun*, as shown in:
>> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
>>
>> Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some
>> examples 
>> /opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf
>>  in the Clonezilla live which you might be interested.
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello Steven,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from
>>>       
>> clonezilla live itself ?.
>>     
>>> I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i
>>>       
>> have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client
>> machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and
>> clone it.
>>     
>>> Is there any provision to run custom command
>>>       
>> before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image
>> ?.
>>     
>>> Regards,
>>> Shameem
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition
>>>>         
>> with clonezilla
>>     
>>>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
>>>> Cc: clo...@li...
>>>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
>>>> Yes. You can create such a customized
>>>> partition on the target disk before you
>>>>         
>> cloning/restoring,
>>     
>>>> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use
>>>>         
>> the option
>>     
>>>> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert
>>>>         
>> mode.
>>     
>>>> Steven.
>>>>
>>>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just want to check whether it is possible to
>>>>>           
>> create
>>     
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> custom partition before disk cloning with
>>>>         
>> clonezilla.
>>     
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> I have a disk image of the entire centos
>>>>>           
>> server (Which
>>     
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server
>>>>         
>> image on a
>>     
>>>> different server , for which i need a different
>>>>         
>> partition
>>     
>>>> layout.
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Shameem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     
>>>>      
>>>>         
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>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> _______________________________________________
>>     
>>>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list
>>>>> Clo...@li...
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw>
>>>>         
>> <steven
>>     
>>>> _at_ stevenshiau org>
>>>> National Center for High-performance Computing,
>>>>         
>> Taiwan.
>>     
>>>> http://www.nchc.org.tw
>>>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>>>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC
>>>>         
>> 08B3 E3D7
>>     
>>>> 9762 755A
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>        
>>>    
>>>       
>> -- 
>> Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven
>> _at_ stevenshiau org>
>> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw
>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7
>> 9762 755A
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>       
>   

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Jay M. <jay...@gm...>]

> You have to find a working space to do that. One of the choices is to use
> virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox.
> You might refer to this:
> http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/68_manually_partclone_restore.faq#68_manually_partclone_restore.faq
>
> Steven.


Steven,

Thanks for the link, I think that might work. However, once I create
the image (e.g. sda2.img - for which I will use an external HD so that
storage space is not a problem) - after this image is created, how do
I open the <.img> file ?  I am familiar with the .ISO image format
since that is commonly used, but not .img type.

Can it be saved as an .ISO image with the same command ?
i.e. will the below cmd work ?

>
> cat dir/hda2.ntfs-ptcl-img.gz.* |gzip -d -c | partclone.restore -C -s - -o hda2.iso
>                                                                                                             ^^^
> (/ NOTE: the .iso file extension for the image, other syntax is as in the link /)

In the meantime, I tried to increase the /dev/sdb1 ( /home) partition
from the current 22 GB to 35 GB (the original size), but that is not
possible without affecting the / (root) partition as both are
categorized as primary partitions.

Jay


>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jay,
>>> Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one.
>>> This
>>> is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation of
>>> partclone, ntfsclone or partimage).
>>>
>>> Steven.
>>>
>>> Jay Mistry wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
>>>> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
>>>> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
>>>> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
>>>> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
>>>> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
>>>> that the destination partition is smaller than the source
>>>> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
>>>> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
>>>> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Return on Information:
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>>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
>>> http://www.nchc.org.tw
>>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>
> --
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> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
> http://www.nchc.org.tw
> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A
>
>

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
> That was a bunch of new info. I am really thankful for those links.
>
> I got information regarding running custom scripts and all. I am planning to use it. I have my disk images in the same PXE server. But it is not a NFS mount. So i am planning to use the sshfs for this purpose. 
>
> How can i add a permanent key to the clonezilla live image. So that i can mount the sshfs filesystem.
>   
If you want to put your ssh key in the filesystem.squashfs, you have to 
mount the filesystem.squashfs, and duplicate the whole contents to 
another working dir, put your ssh key, then use squashfs tool to make 
the working dir as another filesystem.squashfs.
There is a similar Q&A which you can refer to:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/81_add_prog_in_filesystem-squashfs.faq#81_add_prog_in_filesystem-squashfs.faq

Steven.
> Shameem
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
>> Cc: clo...@li...
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:59 PM
>> You can try the boot parameters
>> ocs_prerun*, as shown in:
>> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
>>
>> Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some
>> examples 
>> /opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf
>>  in the Clonezilla live which you might be interested.
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello Steven,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from
>>>       
>> clonezilla live itself ?.
>>     
>>> I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i
>>>       
>> have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client
>> machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and
>> clone it.
>>     
>>> Is there any provision to run custom command
>>>       
>> before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image
>> ?.
>>     
>>> Regards,
>>> Shameem
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition
>>>>         
>> with clonezilla
>>     
>>>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
>>>> Cc: clo...@li...
>>>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
>>>> Yes. You can create such a customized
>>>> partition on the target disk before you
>>>>         
>> cloning/restoring,
>>     
>>>> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use
>>>>         
>> the option
>>     
>>>> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert
>>>>         
>> mode.
>>     
>>>> Steven.
>>>>
>>>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just want to check whether it is possible to
>>>>>           
>> create
>>     
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> custom partition before disk cloning with
>>>>         
>> clonezilla.
>>     
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> I have a disk image of the entire centos
>>>>>           
>> server (Which
>>     
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server
>>>>         
>> image on a
>>     
>>>> different server , for which i need a different
>>>>         
>> partition
>>     
>>>> layout.
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Shameem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> Return on Information:
>>>>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
>>>>> Get the facts.
>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>> _______________________________________________
>>     
>>>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list
>>>>> Clo...@li...
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw>
>>>>         
>> <steven
>>     
>>>> _at_ stevenshiau org>
>>>> National Center for High-performance Computing,
>>>>         
>> Taiwan.
>>     
>>>> http://www.nchc.org.tw
>>>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>>>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC
>>>>         
>> 08B3 E3D7
>>     
>>>> 9762 755A
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>        
>>>    
>>>       
>> -- 
>> Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven
>> _at_ stevenshiau org>
>> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw
>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7
>> 9762 755A
>>
>>
>>     

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National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
http://www.nchc.org.tw
Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Jay Mistry wrote:
> Steven,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> As an alternative, would it be possible to extract all files from the
> zipped image files (files in the image folder are as in the pict
> uploaded here: http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa2dd659800375) and then
> copy them over to the /home partition. I don't need to copy the MBR or
> "hidden data between MBR and first partition" since this is a /home
> partition and the MBR is installed on the / (root) partition, hence
> just need the data files.
>
> Is there a way to extract all content from the image files, i.e. to
> extract all data from the compressed files <
> 'sdb1.ext4-ptcl-img.gz.aa'  to  'sdb1.ext4-ptcl-img.gz.ad' >  (as in
> the picture in the link above) and then copy it to /home partition
> (/dev/sdb1 in this case), using a Linux live CD (such as Parted Magic
> or similar live CD) ?
>   
You have to find a working space to do that. One of the choices is to 
use virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox.
You might refer to this:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/68_manually_partclone_restore.faq#68_manually_partclone_restore.faq

Steven.
> If this is possible, then there would be no need to resize/expand the
> /home partition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Jay,
>> Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one. This
>> is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation of
>> partclone, ntfsclone or partimage).
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> Jay Mistry wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
>>> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
>>> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
>>> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
>>> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
>>> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
>>> that the destination partition is smaller than the source
>>> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
>>> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).
>>>
>>> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
>>> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Return on Information:
>>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
>>> Get the facts.
>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list
>>> Clo...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>>>       
>> --
>> Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org>
>> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
>> http://www.nchc.org.tw
>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A
>>
>>     
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Return on Information:
> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> Get the facts.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Clonezilla-live mailing list
> Clo...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>   

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http://www.nchc.org.tw
Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Bill G. <gu...@io...>]

Shameem:

You should be able to use a different live CD to do the re-sizing of the 
partitions.  I suggest using the gparted live CD:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

It boots to a graphical user interface, and is a very user-friendly way 
to do this.



Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> Hello Steven,
> 
> I have found a work around for it.  Now i am stuck up with the
> partition part only. I am able to clone the image successfully, fully
> automatically.
> 
> 
> Now the problem is, I am trying to clone the image of a 250 GB HD to
> a 1 TB HD So after the cloning the remaining 750 GB is unallocated.
> I want to resize the HD after the cloning, and before rebooting.
> 
> Is it possible ?. Is there anything called post cloning script ?.
> 
> Regards, Shameem
> 
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
> 
>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> Subject: Re:
>> [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla To: "Shameem
>> Ahamed" <sha...@ya...> Cc:
>> clo...@li... Date: Monday, December 14,
>> 2009, 1:59 PM You can try the boot parameters ocs_prerun*, as shown
>> in: 
>> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
>> 
>> 
>> Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some examples
>>  /opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf in the Clonezilla live which you
>> might be interested.
>> 
>> Steven.
>> 
>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>> Hello Steven,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from
>> clonezilla live itself ?.
>>> I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i
>> have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client machine, i am
>> using the ssh option to get the disk image and clone it.
>>> Is there any provision to run custom command
>> before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image ?.
>>> Regards, Shameem
>>> 
>>> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> Subject: Re:
>>>> [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition
>> with clonezilla
>>>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...> Cc:
>>>> clo...@li... Date: Monday, December
>>>> 14, 2009, 1:26 PM Yes. You can create such a customized 
>>>> partition on the target disk before you
>> cloning/restoring,
>>>> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use
>> the option
>>>> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert
>> mode.
>>>> Steven.
>>>> 
>>>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just want to check whether it is possible to
>> create
>>>>> 
>>>> custom partition before disk cloning with
>> clonezilla.
>>>> 
>>>>> I have a disk image of the entire centos
>> server (Which
>>>>> 
>>>> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server
>> image on a
>>>> different server , for which i need a different
>> partition
>>>> layout.
>>>> 
>>>>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards, Shameem
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back
>>>>>  Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
>>>>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list 
>>>>> Clo...@li... 
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>>>>> 
>>>> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw>
>> <steven
>>>> _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance
>>>> Computing,
>> Taiwan.
>>>> http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID:
>>>> 1024D/9762755A Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC
>> 08B3 E3D7
>>>> 9762 755A
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau
>> org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
>> http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>>  Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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---------------------------------------------
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    Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
---------------------------------------------

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Problems with live-getty and live-netdev

[Santiago B. <san...@gm...>]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for the bug reports. I reply your question sin the following.
>
> Santiago Bruno wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use Clonezilla live in a machine that will boot using
>> PXE through its interface eth1. This machine can redirect the console
>> using Serial over Lan with its own hardware and is configured to do
>> so.
>>
>> I added live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to the kernel command
>> line but I'm having a strange problem.
>>
>> When I'm looking at the serial console, after booting clonezilla,
>> there is output at the console as expected, but some output also goes
>> to the VGA. And it's not the same output. Is like there are two
>> different clonezilla instances in tty1 and ttyS0. They even start
>> cloning the same partitions at diferent times messing all up. At the
>> end one can go to the command line on both consoles and evidently they
>> are two different processes.
>
> How did you configure your clonezilla live ? Please show us the config
> files, e.g. syslinux.cfg... So it's easier for me to reproduce the problem
> then we can fix this problem.

Well, I'm using some custom scripts, but now I reduced the
configuration to try to use a script that does not exists to see if
the problem still happened so it could be easier to reproduce.

The pxe file for the machine would be like this:

default Clonezilla
label Clonezilla
kernel /clonezilla/vmlinuz
append initrd=/clonezilla/initrd.img boot=live live-getty
console=ttyS0,115200n8 union=aufs noswap noprompt nosplash
live-netdev="eth1"
fetch=tftp://<SERVER_IP>/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs
ocs_live_keymap="NONE" ocs_live_batch="yes" ocs_lang="en_US.UTF-8"
ocs_live_run="/blablablabla"

and what happens when booting is the following.

VGA starts displaying the pxe boot, "Decompressing Linux..."
decompressing the initrd, and the last lines are
"Ready
Probing EDD (...) ok"

It stops there, and then, text starts coming out through ttyS0
instead. squashfs is decompressed, init starts, I can see that it
tries to set up eth0 through dhcp because I see some "DHCPDISCOVER..."
lines until it times out.
Then I think it sets up eth1 very fast and then the problem starts.
I think it is when the ocs scripts begin executing.
The VGA changes from the typical console text to another font,
probably a framebuffer, and some scripts begin executing both in tty1
and ttyS0
obviously they fail inmediately because there is no blablablabla
script, but I get the prompt to select what to do next in both
terminals and they are different processes.
If I type "tty" one gives /dev/tty1 and the other /dev/ttyS0.
I would expect that everything happens in ttyS0 if I specified
console=ttyS0 on the command line, or to have an option to do that. Is
it possible? I would expect in that case to keep tty1 blocked or in a
login prompt.


>> I hope I had explained the problem clearly. Is there a way to avoid
>> this? To make clonezilla run just in one console?
>>
>> May be this is caused because of the uncommon scenario in which I'm
>> running clonezilla, because I couldn't find much information about
>> this problem on the net.
>>
>> I used clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31 for this test.
>>
>> So I tried with clonezilla-live-1.2.3-15 and the ubuntu based, but
>> there I had another problem. The live-netdev="eth1" is apparently
>> ignored. While running the initrd the ipconfig command tries to
>> configure eth0 using dhcp and does never time out.
>
> The live-netdev bug has been fixed in Clonezilla live 1.2.3-18. Please give
> it a try.

It is working fine now. Thanks a lot!

Santiago.

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hello Steven,

            I have found a work around for it.  Now i am stuck up with the partition part only. I am able to clone the image successfully, fully automatically.


Now the problem is, I am trying to clone the image of a 250 GB HD to a 1 TB HD So after the cloning the remaining 750 GB is unallocated.  I want to resize the HD after the cloning, and before rebooting.

Is it possible ?. Is there anything called post cloning script ?.

Regards,
Shameem 

--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:

> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
> Cc: clo...@li...
> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:59 PM
> You can try the boot parameters
> ocs_prerun*, as shown in:
> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
> 
> Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some
> examples 
> /opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf
>  in the Clonezilla live which you might be interested.
> 
> Steven.
> 
> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> > Hello Steven,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from
> clonezilla live itself ?.
> >
> > I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i
> have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client
> machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and
> clone it.
> >
> > Is there any provision to run custom command
> before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image
> ?.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Shameem
> >
> > --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> >> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition
> with clonezilla
> >> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
> >> Cc: clo...@li...
> >> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
> >> Yes. You can create such a customized
> >> partition on the target disk before you
> cloning/restoring,
> >> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use
> the option
> >> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert
> mode.
> >>
> >> Steven.
> >>
> >> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I just want to check whether it is possible to
> create
> >>>       
> >> custom partition before disk cloning with
> clonezilla.
> >>     
> >>> I have a disk image of the entire centos
> server (Which
> >>>       
> >> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server
> image on a
> >> different server , for which i need a different
> partition
> >> layout.
> >>     
> >>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Shameem
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>     
> >>> Return on Information:
> >>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> >>> Get the facts.
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> >>>
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> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
> >>>       
> >> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw>
> <steven
> >> _at_ stevenshiau org>
> >> National Center for High-performance Computing,
> Taiwan.
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> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> >       
> >   
> 
> -- 
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> _at_ stevenshiau org>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Jay M. <jay...@gm...>]

Steven,

Thanks for the reply.

As an alternative, would it be possible to extract all files from the
zipped image files (files in the image folder are as in the pict
uploaded here: http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa2dd659800375) and then
copy them over to the /home partition. I don't need to copy the MBR or
"hidden data between MBR and first partition" since this is a /home
partition and the MBR is installed on the / (root) partition, hence
just need the data files.

Is there a way to extract all content from the image files, i.e. to
extract all data from the compressed files <
'sdb1.ext4-ptcl-img.gz.aa'  to  'sdb1.ext4-ptcl-img.gz.ad' >  (as in
the picture in the link above) and then copy it to /home partition
(/dev/sdb1 in this case), using a Linux live CD (such as Parted Magic
or similar live CD) ?

If this is possible, then there would be no need to resize/expand the
/home partition.

Thanks,

Jay


On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one. This
> is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation of
> partclone, ntfsclone or partimage).
>
> Steven.
>
> Jay Mistry wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
>> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
>> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
>> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
>> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
>> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
>> that the destination partition is smaller than the source
>> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
>> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).
>>
>> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
>> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
> http://www.nchc.org.tw
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hello Steven,

That was a bunch of new info. I am really thankful for those links.

I got information regarding running custom scripts and all. I am planning to use it. I have my disk images in the same PXE server. But it is not a NFS mount. So i am planning to use the sshfs for this purpose. 

How can i add a permanent key to the clonezilla live image. So that i can mount the sshfs filesystem.

Shameem



--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:

> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
> Cc: clo...@li...
> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:59 PM
> You can try the boot parameters
> ocs_prerun*, as shown in:
> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
> 
> Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some
> examples 
> /opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf
>  in the Clonezilla live which you might be interested.
> 
> Steven.
> 
> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> > Hello Steven,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from
> clonezilla live itself ?.
> >
> > I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i
> have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client
> machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and
> clone it.
> >
> > Is there any provision to run custom command
> before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image
> ?.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Shameem
> >
> > --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> >> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition
> with clonezilla
> >> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
> >> Cc: clo...@li...
> >> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
> >> Yes. You can create such a customized
> >> partition on the target disk before you
> cloning/restoring,
> >> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use
> the option
> >> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert
> mode.
> >>
> >> Steven.
> >>
> >> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I just want to check whether it is possible to
> create
> >>>       
> >> custom partition before disk cloning with
> clonezilla.
> >>     
> >>> I have a disk image of the entire centos
> server (Which
> >>>       
> >> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server
> image on a
> >> different server , for which i need a different
> partition
> >> layout.
> >>     
> >>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Shameem
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>     
> >>> Return on Information:
> >>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> >>> Get the facts.
> >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
> >>>
> _______________________________________________
> >>> Clonezilla-live mailing list
> >>> Clo...@li...
> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
> >>>       
> >> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw>
> <steven
> >> _at_ stevenshiau org>
> >> National Center for High-performance Computing,
> Taiwan.
> >> http://www.nchc.org.tw
> >> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
> >> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC
> 08B3 E3D7
> >> 9762 755A
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> >       
> >   
> 
> -- 
> Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven
> _at_ stevenshiau org>
> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw
> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7
> 9762 755A
> 
> 


      

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Hi Jay,
Sorry... no... the target partition must be larger than the source one. 
This is still the limitation of Clonezilla (actually it's the limitation 
of partclone, ntfsclone or partimage).

Steven.

Jay Mistry wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
> months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
> partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
> After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
> Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
> of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
> that the destination partition is smaller than the source
> (the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
> data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).
> 
> Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
> advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Return on Information:
> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> Get the facts.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Clonezilla-live mailing list
> Clo...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live

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National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
http://www.nchc.org.tw
Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
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[Clonezilla-live] Restoring a partition image to smaller partition (re-sized after image creation)

[Jay M. <jay...@gm...>]

Hi,

I made an image of /home partition of Ubuntu installation about 3
months back using Clonezilla-Live CD (Jaunty-12082009), the original
partition size of /home was 35 GB (about 10 GB used, 25 GB free).
After that I shrunk the /home partition from 35 GB to 22 GB.
Now, when I try to restore the /home partition using the same version
of Clonezilla-Live CD, with default options, it gives an error message
that the destination partition is smaller than the source
(the image should fit into the re-sized 22 GB partition, since the
data size is only 10 GB and only used blocs are imaged).

Is there a way to override this error message? I tried to look in the
advanced option of Clonezilla, but there is no option for this.

Thanks,

Jay

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

You can try the boot parameters ocs_prerun*, as shown in:
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/fine-print.php?path=./99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc

Of course, you have to make it unattended. There are some examples 
/opt/drbl/samples/create-*pt-sf
 in the Clonezilla live which you might be interested.

Steven.

Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from clonezilla live itself ?.
>
> I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and clone it.
>
> Is there any provision to run custom command before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image ?.
>
> Regards,
> Shameem
>
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
>> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
>> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
>> Cc: clo...@li...
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
>> Yes. You can create such a customized
>> partition on the target disk before you cloning/restoring,
>> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use the option
>> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert mode.
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I just want to check whether it is possible to create
>>>       
>> custom partition before disk cloning with clonezilla.
>>     
>>> I have a disk image of the entire centos server (Which
>>>       
>> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server image on a
>> different server , for which i need a different partition
>> layout.
>>     
>>> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Shameem
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>
>>>       
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     
>>> Return on Information:
>>> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
>>> Get the facts.
>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Clonezilla-live mailing list
>>> Clo...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
>>>       
>> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven
>> _at_ stevenshiau org>
>> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
>> http://www.nchc.org.tw
>> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
>> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7
>> 9762 755A
>>
>>     
>
>
>       
>   

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Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hello Steven,

Thanks for the reply.  Can we achieve this from clonezilla live itself ?.

I have PXE server with Clonezilla live image, once i have booted  in the Clonezilla live in the client machine, i am using the ssh option to get the disk image and clone it.

Is there any provision to run custom command before  cloning from within the CLonezilla live image ?.

Regards,
Shameem

--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:

> From: Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>
> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla
> To: "Shameem Ahamed" <sha...@ya...>
> Cc: clo...@li...
> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 1:26 PM
> Yes. You can create such a customized
> partition on the target disk before you cloning/restoring,
> and when you clone or restore it, remember to use the option
> "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert mode.
> 
> Steven.
> 
> Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I just want to check whether it is possible to create
> custom partition before disk cloning with clonezilla.
> > 
> > I have a disk image of the entire centos server (Which
> has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server image on a
> different server , for which i need a different partition
> layout.
> > 
> > Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Shameem
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Return on Information:
> > Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> > Get the facts.
> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
> > _______________________________________________
> > Clonezilla-live mailing list
> > Clo...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
> 
> -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven
> _at_ stevenshiau org>
> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
> http://www.nchc.org.tw
> Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A
> Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB  F4BC 08B3 E3D7
> 9762 755A
> 


      

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Yes. You can create such a customized partition on the target disk 
before you cloning/restoring, and when you clone or restore it, remember 
to use the option "-k" (do not create partition table) in the expert mode.

Steven.

Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I just want to check whether it is possible to create custom partition before disk cloning with clonezilla.
> 
> I have a disk image of the entire centos server (Which has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server image on a different server , for which i need a different partition layout.
> 
> Is it possible with clonezilla ?.
> 
> Regards,
> Shameem
> 
> 
> 
>       
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Return on Information:
> Google Enterprise Search pays you back
> Get the facts.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev
> _______________________________________________
> Clonezilla-live mailing list
> Clo...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live

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National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
http://www.nchc.org.tw
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Problems with live-getty and live-netdev

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Hi,
Thanks for the bug reports. I reply your question sin the following.

Santiago Bruno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use Clonezilla live in a machine that will boot using
> PXE through its interface eth1. This machine can redirect the console
> using Serial over Lan with its own hardware and is configured to do
> so.
> 
> I added live-getty and console=ttyS0,115200n8 to the kernel command
> line but I'm having a strange problem.
> 
> When I'm looking at the serial console, after booting clonezilla,
> there is output at the console as expected, but some output also goes
> to the VGA. And it's not the same output. Is like there are two
> different clonezilla instances in tty1 and ttyS0. They even start
> cloning the same partitions at diferent times messing all up. At the
> end one can go to the command line on both consoles and evidently they
> are two different processes.

How did you configure your clonezilla live ? Please show us the config 
files, e.g. syslinux.cfg... So it's easier for me to reproduce the 
problem then we can fix this problem.
> 
> I hope I had explained the problem clearly. Is there a way to avoid
> this? To make clonezilla run just in one console?
> 
> May be this is caused because of the uncommon scenario in which I'm
> running clonezilla, because I couldn't find much information about
> this problem on the net.
> 
> I used clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31 for this test.
> 
> So I tried with clonezilla-live-1.2.3-15 and the ubuntu based, but
> there I had another problem. The live-netdev="eth1" is apparently
> ignored. While running the initrd the ipconfig command tries to
> configure eth0 using dhcp and does never time out.
The live-netdev bug has been fixed in Clonezilla live 1.2.3-18. Please 
give it a try.

Steven.
> 
> I hacked the live script inside the image a bit, to replace the DEVICE
> variable with the value of live-netdev and with some other
> modifications I could make it start, but the problem of the duplicated
> clonezilla instances persist.
> 
> My main problem is this of the console redirection, but I would also
> like to report the problem I found booting from eth1 if it isn't
> known.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Santiago.
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] Custom partition with clonezilla

[Shameem A. <sha...@ya...>]

Hi All,

I just want to check whether it is possible to create custom partition before disk cloning with clonezilla.

I have a disk image of the entire centos server (Which has 4 partitions ) and want to clone the server image on a different server , for which i need a different partition layout.

Is it possible with clonezilla ?.

Regards,
Shameem