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Re: [Clonezilla-live] cannot clone because ntfs partition

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

There is no good "fsck" tool for NTFS on linux, yes, ntfsfix is not 
really the one to fix all. Therefore the best way to fix it is do it on 
MS windows.
Some workaround is you can enter expert mode, try to _NOT_ use any 
advance option of clonezilla "-q*" to force to use partimage to save 
that. Since partimage might not check the integrity of NTFS.
Another one is try advanced parameter "-q", and then allow ntfsfix to 
fix your NTFS partition.

Regards,
Steven.


Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> I have a computer with winxp (ntfs) and fedora (lvm) on a disk but the 
> ntfs seems to have a problem. From the message it spewed, it seems i 
> need to chkdsk /f it from winxp but i can't boot to it because of the 
> blue screen. Is there any way to get around this?
>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] cannot clone because ntfs partition

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> I have a computer with winxp (ntfs) and fedora (lvm) on a disk but the 
> ntfs seems to have a problem. From the message it spewed, it seems i 
> need to chkdsk /f it from winxp but i can't boot to it because of the 
> blue screen. Is there any way to get around this?

If you hit F8 at exactly the right time while booting you may be able to 
  get to a windows recovery screen.  Or boot the install CD and try the 
'repair' option.

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[Clonezilla-live] cannot clone because ntfs partition

[Umarzuki M. <uma...@gm...>]

I have a computer with winxp (ntfs) and fedora (lvm) on a disk but the ntfs
seems to have a problem. From the message it spewed, it seems i need to
chkdsk /f it from winxp but i can't boot to it because of the blue screen.
Is there any way to get around this?

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Regards,

Umarzuki Mochlis
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] clone usb drive on disk partition

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

stefano ppp wrote:
> I all, I come from an hard debian intallation on external usb hard 
> disk, and I wanna clone the usb disk content to avoid redoing further 
> installation...
> On my locale hd I have windows vista , partitions hda0 (SO)  and  
> hda1(recovery), while on my usb hd I have lenny in partition sdb1 and 
> sdb5(swap).
> I have read the sample from the site but there are some things not 
> clears and that  I would understand before committing mistakes.
> 1. Can I clone the Usb drive? (in the example only locale drive are 
> mentioned)
When you mentioned "clone", did you mean save the USB disk as an image ?
If so, yes, you can.

> 2. Can I save the clone image in  vista partition (hda0)? If so, can I 
> be sure windows data are not overwritten?
Yes, you can. By mounting the hda0 as /home/partimag, you can save your 
USB disk as image file. It won't overwrite your Vista data.

//NOTE// It's recommended to backup important data before you do 
anything. Just in case.

Steven.
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[Clonezilla-live] clone usb drive on disk partition

[stefano p. <th...@gm...>]

I all, I come from an hard debian intallation on external usb hard disk, and
I wanna clone the usb disk content to avoid redoing further installation...
On my locale hd I have windows vista , partitions hda0 (SO)  and
hda1(recovery), while on my usb hd I have lenny in partition sdb1 and
sdb5(swap).
I have read the sample from the site but there are some things not clears
and that  I would understand before committing mistakes.
1. Can I clone the Usb drive? (in the example only locale drive are
mentioned)
2. Can I save the clone image in  vista partition (hda0)? If so, can I be
sure windows data are not overwritten?
thanks all

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Jaunty 0701 release: fails to change Windows name

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

Hi Bill,
20070727-jaunty was released, and this issue should be fixed. Could you 
please give it a try ?
Thanks.

Steven.

Bill Gurley wrote:
> Steven Shiau wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Bill Gurley wrote:
>>> Steven:
>>>
>>> I just used release 20090701-jaunty to restore some computer lab 
>>> machines, and they failed to modify the Windows XP machine name. 
>>> Machines restored with various earlier clonezilla live CD's worked fine.
>>>   
>> Did you see any error messages after the clone job is done ?
>> Did you enter advanced mode to check the option ? What's the details 
>> or the options when ocs-sr is run?
>>> Was this one of the bugs fixed in the 20090716-jaunty release?
>>>   
>> I do not think so, since we did not touch anything about this. 
>> Therefore maybe the problem still exists.
>>
>> Steven.
> 
> 
> Yes.  This morning I tried the release 20090716-jaunty, and it does the 
> same thing.
> 
> To be more specific, I usually use the option to have the Windows name 
> changed based on the MAC address of the machine.  I believe that it's 
> option h1?  It worked with earlier releases, but does not seem to work 
> with the jaunty releases.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Bill-
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
>    Bill Gurley, Technical Director
>    Department of Chemistry
>    Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
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[Clonezilla-live] .org Zone booth in OpenSource World

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

Hi,
The OpenSource World will take place during Aug 12-13 2009 in San
Francisco, CA, USA. Clonezilla will have a booth in .org Zone.
For more info about the conference, please check
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
See you there!

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[Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla 1.2.2-26 has been released

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

Clonezilla 1.2.2-26 has been released.
This release adds the newer kernel 2.6.30-3 from backports.undebian.org,
the new upstream syslinux 3.82, the newer partclone 0.1.1-15, and
genisoimage instead of mkisofs. A workaround to avoid using partclone to
save FAT filesystems has been added. The package smartmontools has been
added. makeboot.sh has been improved to allow USB devices /dev/ub[a-z].
An option "--rescue" has been added in ocs-onthefly for partclone. Some
bugs were fixed.

Steven.

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Jaunty 0701 release: fails to change Windows name

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

Steven Shiau wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Bill Gurley wrote:
>> Steven:
>>
>> I just used release 20090701-jaunty to restore some computer lab 
>> machines, and they failed to modify the Windows XP machine name. 
>> Machines restored with various earlier clonezilla live CD's worked fine.
>>   
> Did you see any error messages after the clone job is done ?
> Did you enter advanced mode to check the option ? What's the details or 
> the options when ocs-sr is run?
>> Was this one of the bugs fixed in the 20090716-jaunty release?
>>   
> I do not think so, since we did not touch anything about this. Therefore 
> maybe the problem still exists.
> 
> Steven.


Yes.  This morning I tried the release 20090716-jaunty, and it does the 
same thing.

To be more specific, I usually use the option to have the Windows name 
changed based on the MAC address of the machine.  I believe that it's 
option h1?  It worked with earlier releases, but does not seem to work 
with the jaunty releases.

Thanks,

-Bill-

---------------------------------------------
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    Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Jaunty 0701 release: fails to change Windows name

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

Hi Bill,

Bill Gurley wrote:
> Steven:
>
> I just used release 20090701-jaunty to restore some computer lab 
> machines, and they failed to modify the Windows XP machine name. 
> Machines restored with various earlier clonezilla live CD's worked fine.
>   
Did you see any error messages after the clone job is done ?
Did you enter advanced mode to check the option ? What's the details or 
the options when ocs-sr is run?
> Was this one of the bugs fixed in the 20090716-jaunty release?
>   
I do not think so, since we did not touch anything about this. Therefore 
maybe the problem still exists.

Steven.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> -Bill-
>
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[Clonezilla-live] Jaunty 0701 release: fails to change Windows name

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

Steven:

I just used release 20090701-jaunty to restore some computer lab 
machines, and they failed to modify the Windows XP machine name. 
Machines restored with various earlier clonezilla live CD's worked fine.

Was this one of the bugs fixed in the 20090716-jaunty release?


Thanks,


-Bill-

---------------------------------------------
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    Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Partition Alignment Question

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

Hi Richard,

Richard Klein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am playing with a Dell Mini that has a SSD hard drive.  There was some 
> discussion about setting the SSD to be aligned at 4K & I have noticed a 
> speed benefit when setting the alignment with WinXP vs just installing 
> XP.  So I just made an image of my Win XP install with the 4k 
> alignment.  Will Clonzilla restore the partition table to the 4k 
> alignment?   I have been swapping between different clonezilla images 
> that I have created.  Using clonezilla is easy & quick but I want to 
> make sure I maintain the alignment.
What did you mean by 4K ? Is that about the NTFS file system ?
Anyway, Clonezilla should save the file system as an image and it should 
restore the image to a file system as it is before.

Steven.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
>  
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[Clonezilla-live] Partition Alignment Question

[Richard K. <ri...@ri...>]

Hi,

I am playing with a Dell Mini that has a SSD hard drive.  There was some discussion about setting the SSD to be aligned at 4K & I have noticed a speed benefit when setting the alignment with WinXP vs just installing XP.  So I just made an image of my Win XP install with the 4k alignment.  Will Clonzilla restore the partition table to the 4k alignment?   I have been swapping between different clonezilla images that I have created.  Using clonezilla is easy & quick but I want to make sure I maintain the alignment.

Thanks,
Rich

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Resizing Disk Image

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

Frank John Bruzzaniti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having an issue resizing a clone.
>
> I'm using clonezilla 1.2.2.14
>
> The disk image is from a VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu with XFS it's 10 GB
> The target frive is 200GB HDD
>
> I can restore the disk image via clonezilla using a samba server.
>
> The problem I am having is that the default values give me a 10 gig root 
> partition (same size as original)
> If I select expert options with -r and -k1 the / partition is resized 
> but so is the swapfile.
> If I select -k1 without -r I can't boot the newly clones system.
>
> I guess my questions is can I get clonezilla resize my / partition but 
> live my swap partiton size the same as it's original.
>   
Did you mean you want to keep the size of swap partition ? In that case, 
maybe you can create the partition table on the target disk manually 
before you restore the image. Make sure the partition size must be equal 
or larger than the original one. Then when you restore the image, choose 
"-k" to use the existing partition on the target disk, and remember to 
choose "-r".

Steven.

Steven.
> Thanks,
>
> Frank
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] usb live, makeboot.sh doesn't accept /dev/ub[a-z]

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

Tom,
Great!
Thanks. This will be fixed in the next release.

Steven.

tv....@go... wrote:
> Hello Clonezilla fans,
>
> I just made a Clonezilla live usb bootable stick, using the
> 20090701-jaunty.zip archive. All is well but my system (Debian) name usb
> devices with the /dev/ub[a-z][[:digit:]] form, and makeboot.sh doesn't
> accept that as a valid partition name.
>
> I modified the script this way (around line 70) :
>
> ######################################################################
> # Make sure target_part is partition device name, not disk device name
> if [ -z "$(echo $target_part | grep -iE
> "/dev/[hsu][bd][a-z]+[[:digit:]]+")" ]; then
>   [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_FAILURE
>
>   echo "\"$target_part\" is NOT a valid partition name!"
>
>   [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
>
>   USAGE
>
>   exit 1
>
> fi
> ######################################################################
>
> and then it ran fine. Maybe this could be corrected in the next update,
> I think newer Ubuntu also use the "ub[a-z]" names, and maybe other
> distributions as well.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Tom
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Storing an image on the livecd

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

Hi Frank,
Did you check this ?
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/44_write_to_RW_CD_DVD_in_Clonezilla.faq#44_write_to_RW_CD_DVD_in_Clonezilla.faq

Steven.

Frank John Bruzzaniti wrote:
> I'd like it so when I put in a dvd that it boots clonezilla and then 
> images the pc using am image stored on the same clonezilla dvd.
>
> My image is only 600mb so it would be great if I could get it and 
> clonezilla on the same dvd media as well as get it to "auto-clone"
>
> Is it possible, are there any guides?
>
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[Clonezilla-live] usb live, makeboot.sh doesn't accept /dev/ub[a-z]

[<tv....@go...>]

Hello Clonezilla fans,

I just made a Clonezilla live usb bootable stick, using the
20090701-jaunty.zip archive. All is well but my system (Debian) name usb
devices with the /dev/ub[a-z][[:digit:]] form, and makeboot.sh doesn't
accept that as a valid partition name.

I modified the script this way (around line 70) :

######################################################################
# Make sure target_part is partition device name, not disk device name
if [ -z "$(echo $target_part | grep -iE
"/dev/[hsu][bd][a-z]+[[:digit:]]+")" ]; then
  [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_FAILURE

  echo "\"$target_part\" is NOT a valid partition name!"

  [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL

  USAGE

  exit 1

fi
######################################################################

and then it ran fine. Maybe this could be corrected in the next update,
I think newer Ubuntu also use the "ub[a-z]" names, and maybe other
distributions as well.

All the best,


Tom

[Clonezilla-live] Resizing Disk Image

[Frank J. B. <fra...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm having an issue resizing a clone.

I'm using clonezilla 1.2.2.14

The disk image is from a VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu with XFS it's 10 GB
The target frive is 200GB HDD

I can restore the disk image via clonezilla using a samba server.

The problem I am having is that the default values give me a 10 gig root
partition (same size as original)
If I select expert options with -r and -k1 the / partition is resized
but so is the swapfile.
If I select -k1 without -r I can't boot the newly clones system.

I guess my questions is can I get clonezilla resize my / partition but
live my swap partiton size the same as it's original.

Thanks,

Frank

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Storing an image on the livecd

[Frank J. B. <fra...@gm...>]

Great Thanks!

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Frank John Bruzzaniti wrote:
>> I'd like it so when I put in a dvd that it boots clonezilla and then 
>> images the pc using am image stored on the same clonezilla dvd.
>>
>> My image is only 600mb so it would be great if I could get it and 
>> clonezilla on the same dvd media as well as get it to "auto-clone"
>>
>> Is it possible, are there any guides?
>
> Look near the bottom of this page:
> http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/make-live-recovery.php
>

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Storing an image on the livecd

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

Frank John Bruzzaniti wrote:
> I'd like it so when I put in a dvd that it boots clonezilla and then 
> images the pc using am image stored on the same clonezilla dvd.
> 
> My image is only 600mb so it would be great if I could get it and 
> clonezilla on the same dvd media as well as get it to "auto-clone"
> 
> Is it possible, are there any guides?

Look near the bottom of this page:
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/make-live-recovery.php

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[Clonezilla-live] Resizing Disk Image

[Frank J. B. <fra...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm having an issue resizing a clone.

I'm using clonezilla 1.2.2.14

The disk image is from a VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu with XFS it's 10 GB
The target frive is 200GB HDD

I can restore the disk image via clonezilla using a samba server.

The problem I am having is that the default values give me a 10 gig root 
partition (same size as original)
If I select expert options with -r and -k1 the / partition is resized 
but so is the swapfile.
If I select -k1 without -r I can't boot the newly clones system.

I guess my questions is can I get clonezilla resize my / partition but 
live my swap partiton size the same as it's original.

Thanks,

Frank

[Clonezilla-live] Storing an image on the livecd

[Frank J. B. <fra...@gm...>]

I'd like it so when I put in a dvd that it boots clonezilla and then 
images the pc using am image stored on the same clonezilla dvd.

My image is only 600mb so it would be great if I could get it and 
clonezilla on the same dvd media as well as get it to "auto-clone"

Is it possible, are there any guides?

Re: [Clonezilla-live] live cd help: user/pw and groups

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

Carl.
Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing that with us.
The method is different from what we have used (i.e. live-helper) to 
create Clonezilla live, but some of the info are still very helpful.
Thanks again.

Regards,
Steven.

Carl Karsten wrote:
> I am building a live cd and need it to accept ssh connections like the
> clonezilla one. I also need the user to be in the video group.
>
> Here are notes on what I have done so far:
> http://dvswitch.alioth.debian.org/wiki/livecd
>
> I can boot the CD, set a pw, add the user to video, restart X,
> everything seems to work.
>
>   

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a CentOS disk to VmWare : help needed

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

Matthieu,
Thanks for sharing this conclusion.

Steven.

Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>
>
> For the record : the problem was that the default disk emulation of 
> vmware (at least Fusion, mac) is SCSI, while the originating machine 
> was an IDE one. Looks like centos wasn't equipped with the necessary 
> drivers to handle the SCSI interface.
>  
> Solution 1 : change the interface type to IDE and restore again
> Solution 2 : add the drivers needed (not tried)
>  
> Thanks for the help Steven !
>  
> Matthieu
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>> *De : *Steven Shiau <st...@nc... <mailto:st...@nc...>>
>> *Date : *1 juillet 2009 10:01:12 GMT+02:00
>> *À : *Matthieu Gaillet <mat...@ga... <mailto:mat...@ga...>>
>> *Objet : **Rép : [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a CentOS disk to VmWare 
>> : help needed*
>>  
>> Yes, vmlinuz will be loaded, then when initrd.img is loaded, and when 
>> it tries to find the root partition, it can not find, since SCSI 
>> driver is not found in initrd.img, so it won't be able to mount the 
>> root partition on SCSI disk. Therefore it shows you kernel panic.
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>>> Would it boot anyway until the Kernel panic ? Even without those 
>>> drivers ? I'll try to check if they are presents and to install them 
>>> if needed.
>>>
>>> Le 01-juil.-09 à 08:46, Steven Shiau a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Hi Matthieu,
>>>>
>>>> Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, the contrary :
>>>>>
>>>>> * disk image taken on Physical IDE --> restored on vmware SCSI 
>>>>> emulation (default setting) =>* doesn't work (panic)*
>>>>> * disk image taken on Physical IDE --> restored on vmware IDE 
>>>>> emulation --> *works !*
>>>> That makes sense... Since maybe your initrd of OS taken from IDE 
>>>> disk does not include the driver for SCSI device.
>>>>
>>>> Steven.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matthieu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 01-juil.-09 à 04:39, Steven Shiau a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Matthieu,
>>>>>> Did you mean you installed CentOS on your IDE in the VMware 
>>>>>> machine, and it works ?
>>>>>> But if CentOS is installed on SCSI disk, Clonezilla failed to 
>>>>>> restore ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steven,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried using an IDE drive emulation on the VMware machine : IT 
>>>>>>> WORKS !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any idea ? Should it work ? How could I make it work in SCSI 
>>>>>>> anyway ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Matthieu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Début du message réexpédié :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *De : *Matthieu Gaillet <mat...@ga... 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:mat...@ga...>>
>>>>>>>> *Date : *30 juin 2009 09:22:46 GMT+02:00
>>>>>>>> *À : *Steven Shiau <st...@nc... <mailto:st...@nc...>>
>>>>>>>> *Objet : **Rép : [Clonezilla-live] Restoring a CentOS disk to 
>>>>>>>> VmWare : help needed*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Steven,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your answer. I didn't saw any other error messages, 
>>>>>>>> but it is possible that I missed one of them... Is there a log 
>>>>>>>> of the activities written somewhere on the ramdisk ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regarding the image dir : it is stored on an external hardrive 
>>>>>>>> that I access through Samba at restore time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is the result of the find command :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe a lead : the original physical machine is equipped with 
>>>>>>>> IDE / ATA drives. Vmware presents a SCSI interface... Could it 
>>>>>>>> be the origin of the problem ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Matthieu
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le 29-juin-09 à 17:03, Steven Shiau a écrit :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Matthieu,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Matthieu Gaillet wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to restore a physical installation of Centos to a 
>>>>>>>>>> VMWare
>>>>>>>>>> virtual machine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I received the dreaded "Running:
>>>>>>>>>> grub-install-no-floppy-root-directory=/tmp/hd_img.QiFQFv /dev/sda
>>>>>>>>>> grub-probe: error: Cannot open '/boot/grub/devise_map'
>>>>>>>>>> /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 374: [: =: unary operator 
>>>>>>>>>> expected" error
>>>>>>>>>> message.
>>>>>>>>> This is a harmless error. Check this:
>>>>>>>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=513216
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> BTW, when you saved or restored the image, did you see any error
>>>>>>>>> messages other than the above one ?
>>>>>>>>> How about the image dir ? Could you please run:
>>>>>>>>> find /home/partimag/$YOUR_IMAGE -print
>>>>>>>>> (Replace $YOUR_IMAGE with your image name)
>>>>>>>>> then post the results ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anyhow, when I try to boot the machine, I received a Kernel 
>>>>>>>>>> Panic :
>>>>>>>>>>
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[Clonezilla-live] live cd help: user/pw and groups

[Carl K. <ca...@pe...>]

I am building a live cd and need it to accept ssh connections like the
clonezilla one. I also need the user to be in the video group.

Here are notes on what I have done so far:
http://dvswitch.alioth.debian.org/wiki/livecd

I can boot the CD, set a pw, add the user to video, restart X,
everything seems to work.

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Carl K