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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Kristian Erik Hermansen ha scritto:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM,  Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>   
>> Bill,
>> Thanks for the information. Yes, Mondo Rescue is better than Clonezilla
>> for this case.
>>     
>
> Even though this is a silly hack suggestion, it just might work for
> you.  Cloning a live machine via Clonezilla would be quite an amazing
> feat so let us know if you are able to do so.  Regards...
>   

Hello,
yes... I will try to clone a live machine... I looking for a way to
prevent writing on disk for a while... the time necessary to take an
image of the disk.
Somebody knows a way to enable a kind of write-protection on a linux
partition for a certain amount of time ???
Another way, could be to use the initrd and run the command for take the
image of the disk before the mount command... but at that time, the
network is not active... right ?!?!?

Ciao,
Gianluca

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[Kristian E. H. <kri...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM,  Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
> Bill,
> Thanks for the information. Yes, Mondo Rescue is better than Clonezilla
> for this case.

There is a possible trick that you might be able to utilize.  I have
not tried it, but I think it may work :-)  VMware Workstation allows
you to specify a vritual machine that points to a a RAW DISK for the
"virtual disk".  In this case, you would point it at your server's
internal drive or drives.  Once you do that, go through with
specifying the guest type as Linux, etc, and then use PXE boot.  Have
clonezilla copy the entire disk or disks you want to clone.  Bam.  You
just cloned a live machine :-P  There are some possible downsides or
reasons this may or may not work as I have *NOT* tried it, but I
encourage you to!

* VMware is closed source.  Perhaps VirtualBox or KVM has a similar
RAW DISK mode feature.
* The host hard disk and partition might be in flux, and thus without
proper file locking, your cloned image could be
invalid/corrupted/incorrect.  It may be possible to clone the image
and then use a fsck utility to clean up the journal or other errors as
a result, but I would test this first.

Even though this is a silly hack suggestion, it just might work for
you.  Cloning a live machine via Clonezilla would be quite an amazing
feat so let us know if you are able to do so.  Regards...
-- 
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--
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Hello Bill,
I know mondo... but is not for me... because, it lacks a features.
It cannot write/restore data via SSHFS... it only support NFS.
Running Mondo on my server will produce 50 CDs !!!
So, in case of restore after a disaster... I would burn 50 CD !!!
For this, mondo support the storage and restoration over NFS, so, you
don't need to burn 50 CD... but I cannot have NFS access... but SSHFS
access.
This is because I use clonezilla... that support saving/restore via
sshfs connections.

Ciao,
Gianluca


Bill Gurley ha scritto:
> G. Massera wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> first of all,
>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning
>> machines :-)
>>
>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart
>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script)
>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>
>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and
>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>
>
> I love clonezilla! And I use it almost every day.
>
> But, long before clonezilla, I was using a different open source tool
> for situations like you describe, and that is Mondo Rescue:
>
> http://www.mondorescue.org/
>
> It will backup a live filesystem, and will create iso files that can
> be used to create bootable restore CD's. I've been using this for
> years on my servers that stay up all the time. It uses a curses menu
> system (similar to clonezilla), but also supports command line
> capability. I have a script in a weekly cron that backs up the running
> system, but excludes the user space, which is backed up nightly using
> rsync.
>
> I use external usb disks, which I rotate, so the iso's are stored there.
>
> Here is an example script in cron.weekly:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # This is a script to run the "Mondo Rescue" program in archive mode
> # to backup the system, with certain excludes. This will create
> # ISO images which can be used to restore the system.
> #
> #
> # 'man mondoarchive' shows all of the switch options.
> #
> #
> # First, let's test to see if the USB drive is mounted,
> # then proceed.
> if (mount|egrep '/mnt/usbdisk' > /dev/null)
> then
> echo 'USB disk is mounted; Running the Mondo backup...'
> # Delete the old iso files...
> rm -f /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo/Atom*
> sleep 2
> mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo -E "/mnt/usbdisk" -p Atom -9 -s
> 660m -F
> else
> echo The USB disk IS NOT mounted.
> fi
>
>
> So far, I have not had a catastrophe where I have needed to use these
> ISO's! But I have done test restores. It can get messy, if your
> situation has any complications, such as LVM. But if you take the time
> to learn about Mondo, this can be a very useful tool, as is clonezilla
> as well.
>
>
> -Bill-
>
> ---------------------------------
> Bill Gurley, Technical Director
> Department of Chemistry
> Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
> 865-974-3145
>
>
>

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

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

Bill,
Thanks for the information. Yes, Mondo Rescue is better than Clonezilla 
for this case.

Regards,
Steven.

Bill Gurley wrote:
> G. Massera wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> first of all,
>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning machines :-)
>>
>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>
>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>
> 
> I love clonezilla!  And I use it almost every day.
> 
> But, long before clonezilla, I was using a different open source tool 
> for situations like you describe, and that is Mondo Rescue:
> 
> http://www.mondorescue.org/
> 
> It will backup a live filesystem, and will create iso files that can be 
> used to create bootable restore CD's.  I've been using this for years on 
> my servers that stay up all the time.  It uses a curses menu system 
> (similar to clonezilla), but also supports command line capability.  I 
> have a script in a weekly cron that backs up the running system, but 
> excludes the user space, which is backed up nightly using rsync.
> 
> I use external usb disks, which I rotate, so the iso's are stored there.
> 
> Here is an example script in cron.weekly:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # This is a script to run the "Mondo Rescue" program in archive mode
> # to backup the system, with certain excludes.  This will create
> # ISO images which can be used to restore the system.
> #
> #
> # 'man mondoarchive' shows all of the switch options.
> #
> #
> # First, let's test to see if the USB drive is mounted,
> # then proceed.
> if (mount|egrep '/mnt/usbdisk' > /dev/null)
> then
> echo 'USB disk is mounted; Running the Mondo backup...'
> # Delete the old iso files...
> rm -f /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo/Atom*
> sleep 2
> mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo -E "/mnt/usbdisk" -p Atom -9 -s 
> 660m -F
> else
>    echo The USB disk IS NOT mounted.
> fi
> 
> 
> So far, I have not had a catastrophe where I have needed to use these 
> ISO's!  But I have done test restores.  It can get messy, if your 
> situation has any complications, such as LVM.  But if you take the time 
> to learn about Mondo, this can be a very useful tool, as is clonezilla 
> as well.
> 
> 
> -Bill-
> 
> ---------------------------------
>   Bill Gurley, Technical Director
>   Department of Chemistry
>   Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
>   865-974-3145
> 
> 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

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

G. Massera wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> first of all,
> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning machines :-)
> 
> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
> 
> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
> 

I love clonezilla!  And I use it almost every day.

But, long before clonezilla, I was using a different open source tool 
for situations like you describe, and that is Mondo Rescue:

http://www.mondorescue.org/

It will backup a live filesystem, and will create iso files that can be 
used to create bootable restore CD's.  I've been using this for years on 
my servers that stay up all the time.  It uses a curses menu system 
(similar to clonezilla), but also supports command line capability.  I 
have a script in a weekly cron that backs up the running system, but 
excludes the user space, which is backed up nightly using rsync.

I use external usb disks, which I rotate, so the iso's are stored there.

Here is an example script in cron.weekly:

#!/bin/sh
#
# This is a script to run the "Mondo Rescue" program in archive mode
# to backup the system, with certain excludes.  This will create
# ISO images which can be used to restore the system.
#
#
# 'man mondoarchive' shows all of the switch options.
#
#
# First, let's test to see if the USB drive is mounted,
# then proceed.
if (mount|egrep '/mnt/usbdisk' > /dev/null)
then
echo 'USB disk is mounted; Running the Mondo backup...'
# Delete the old iso files...
rm -f /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo/Atom*
sleep 2
mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/usbdisk/Mondo -E "/mnt/usbdisk" -p Atom -9 -s 
660m -F
else
   echo The USB disk IS NOT mounted.
fi


So far, I have not had a catastrophe where I have needed to use these 
ISO's!  But I have done test restores.  It can get messy, if your 
situation has any complications, such as LVM.  But if you take the time 
to learn about Mondo, this can be a very useful tool, as is clonezilla 
as well.


-Bill-

---------------------------------
  Bill Gurley, Technical Director
  Department of Chemistry
  Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
  865-974-3145

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

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

Hi Gianluca,

G. Massera wrote:
> Hello,
> So, the problem is that creating an image of a mounted disk can create a
> corrupted image because in the meanwhile the used blocks changes...
> right ?!?! I get it correctly ???
Yes.
> 
> If I understand correctly, it's possible to create a script that
> automatically reboot the system, save the image, and reboot the server
> in batch without the user intervention ... so, I can create periodically
> backups of my server ???
Yes, it is possible.
1. Install the Clonezilla live in one of the partitions. Ref: 
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=./2_System&entry=45_clonezilla_in_harddrive.faq
2. In your running OS, change the grub config file to let it default  to 
boot from Clonezilla live, then reboot
3. Use the batch mode of Clonezilla live to save the image.
4. After the clone is done, change the grub config again to let it boot 
from existing OS. Reboot.

This is just an idea. I did not test it, but it should work.

Regards
Steven.
> 
> Thank you,
> Gianluca
> 
> 
> Steven Shiau ha scritto:
>> Hi,
>> Clonezilla is an image tool, which means it _images_ the used blocks 
>> of  file system in a partition, not to mount the file system and save 
>> each files. Therefore, the answer is no.
>> Although maybe it's possible you can try to force to save the mounted 
>> partition, the saved image might be corrupted.
>>
>> In the future, we might add file-based backup and restore... Who knows...
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> G. Massera wrote:
>>> Hello everybody,
>>> first of all,
>>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning 
>>> machines :-)
>>>
>>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
>>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
>>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>>
>>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
>>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Gianluca
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Hello,
So, the problem is that creating an image of a mounted disk can create a
corrupted image because in the meanwhile the used blocks changes...
right ?!?! I get it correctly ???

If I understand correctly, it's possible to create a script that
automatically reboot the system, save the image, and reboot the server
in batch without the user intervention ... so, I can create periodically
backups of my server ???

Thank you,
Gianluca


Steven Shiau ha scritto:
> Hi,
> Clonezilla is an image tool, which means it _images_ the used blocks 
> of  file system in a partition, not to mount the file system and save 
> each files. Therefore, the answer is no.
> Although maybe it's possible you can try to force to save the mounted 
> partition, the saved image might be corrupted.
>
> In the future, we might add file-based backup and restore... Who knows...
>
> Steven.
>
> G. Massera wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> first of all,
>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning 
>> machines :-)
>>
>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>
>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Gianluca
>>
>>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Hello,
So, the problem is that creating an image of a mounted disk can create a 
corrupted image because in the meanwhile the used blocks changes...
right ?!?! I get it correctly ???

If I understand correctly, it's possible to create a script that 
automatically reboot the system, save the image, and reboot the server 
in batch without the user intervention ... so, I can create periodically 
backups of my server ???

Thank you,
Gianluca


Steven Shiau ha scritto:
> Hi,
> Clonezilla is an image tool, which means it _images_ the used blocks 
> of  file system in a partition, not to mount the file system and save 
> each files. Therefore, the answer is no.
> Although maybe it's possible you can try to force to save the mounted 
> partition, the saved image might be corrupted.
>
> In the future, we might add file-based backup and restore... Who knows...
>
> Steven.
>
> G. Massera wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> first of all,
>> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning 
>> machines :-)
>>
>> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
>> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
>> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
>> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
>>
>> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
>> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Gianluca
>>
>>
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>

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

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

Hi,
Clonezilla is an image tool, which means it _images_ the used blocks of 
  file system in a partition, not to mount the file system and save each 
files. Therefore, the answer is no.
Although maybe it's possible you can try to force to save the mounted 
partition, the saved image might be corrupted.

In the future, we might add file-based backup and restore... Who knows...

Steven.

G. Massera wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> first of all,
> Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning machines :-)
> 
> I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
> and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
> So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
> that create the image without rebooting the server machine.
> 
> There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
> install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Gianluca
> 
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] Create an image of the disk without rebooting the server

[G. M. <gma...@is...>]

Hello everybody,
first of all,
Thank you for Clonezilla... it's a fantastic system for cloning machines :-)

I need to create images of a server hard-disk... but I cannot restart 
and boot the clonezilla-live for create the image.
So, It would be fantastic if there is a way to run a command (script) 
that create the image without rebooting the server machine.

There is a way to extract the command from clonezilla-live CD and 
install into my Linux Server and run it with a crontab ???


Thank you,
Gianluca

Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

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

Philipp,
If you can not judge the error messages, then you post or email me:
1. NFS export file
2. DHCP config file
3. TFTP config file
4. The /var/log/messages and /var/log/daemon.log in the server when your
client fails.

Without details files and messages, it's difficult to do something for you.

Steven.

Philipp Flesch wrote:
> Steven Shiau schrieb:
>   
>> Looks like the nfsroot failed. Did you check your NFS service is working
>> and the log file in the server ?
>> You can find some clues there.
>>   
>>     
> I think so, too. But before he loads something via (the working and 
> tested) NFS.
> Stopping the NFS-service I got an other error ...
>
> Philipp
>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

[Philipp F. <ph...@ph...>]

Steven Shiau schrieb:
> Looks like the nfsroot failed. Did you check your NFS service is working
> and the log file in the server ?
> You can find some clues there.
>   
I think so, too. But before he loads something via (the working and 
tested) NFS.
Stopping the NFS-service I got an other error ...

Philipp

Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

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

Looks like the nfsroot failed. Did you check your NFS service is working
and the log file in the server ?
You can find some clues there.

Steven.

Philipp Flesch wrote:
> I'm currently using
>
> append boot=live union=aufs ip=dhcp initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz 
> netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla splash
>
> and got an nice "/bin/sh: can't access tty"
>
> Philipp
>
> Philipp Flesch schrieb:
>   
>> Steven Shiau schrieb:
>>   
>>     
>>> Philipp,
>>> And what was the error messages when it booted ?
>>>     
>>>       
>> the error messages differ from trying parameter a to parameter b :-(
>>
>> isn't there anyone who can post working settings of his config?
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

[Philipp F. <ph...@ph...>]

I'm currently using

append boot=live union=aufs ip=dhcp initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz 
netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla splash

and got an nice "/bin/sh: can't access tty"

Philipp

Philipp Flesch schrieb:
> Steven Shiau schrieb:
>   
>> Philipp,
>> And what was the error messages when it booted ?
>>     
> the error messages differ from trying parameter a to parameter b :-(
>
> isn't there anyone who can post working settings of his config?
>
>
>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

[Philipp F. <ph...@ph...>]

Steven Shiau schrieb:
> Philipp,
> And what was the error messages when it booted ?
the error messages differ from trying parameter a to parameter b :-(

isn't there anyone who can post working settings of his config?

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

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

Philipp,
Did you try something like this ?
append initrd=images/clonezilla/initrd.gz boot=live union=aufs 
netboot=nfs nfsroot=$NFSSERVER:$NFSEXPORT

Maybe the live initramfs used in Clonezilla live does not support secure 
(what's this for ?), nfsdir=... and init=/etc/init ... ?

Steven.

Philipp Flesch wrote:
> Steven Shiau schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> What's the error messages when you PXE boot it ?
>> Please also show your pxelinux config file in your server.
> label clonezilla
> MENU LABEL ^C: Clonezilla live
>        kernel clonezilla/vmlinuz
>        # append initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz boot=live union=aufs 
> netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla/live
>        APPEND secure nfsdir=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla 
> nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla root=/dev/ram0 nodhcp lang=de 
> ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init apm=power-off nomce vga=791 
> initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz quiet boot=live netboot=nfs
> 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

[Philipp F. <ph...@ph...>]

Steven Shiau schrieb:
> Hi,
> What's the error messages when you PXE boot it ?
> Please also show your pxelinux config file in your server.
label clonezilla
MENU LABEL ^C: Clonezilla live
       kernel clonezilla/vmlinuz
       # append initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz boot=live union=aufs 
netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla/live
       APPEND secure nfsdir=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla 
nfsroot=10.10.0.103:/exports/clonezilla root=/dev/ram0 nodhcp lang=de 
ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init apm=power-off nomce vga=791 
initrd=clonezilla/initrd.gz quiet boot=live netboot=nfs

Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

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

Hi,
What's the error messages when you PXE boot it ?
Please also show your pxelinux config file in your server.

Steven.

Philipp Flesch wrote:
> Hi!
> Although i found http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PXE/Clonezilla I don't 
> get the pxe-booting working :-(
>
> it seems that the live file systems isn't found ..
>
> Philipp
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[Clonezilla-live] booting clonezilla-live via pxe

[Philipp F. <ph...@ph...>]

Hi!
Although i found http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PXE/Clonezilla I don't 
get the pxe-booting working :-(

it seems that the live file systems isn't found ..

Philipp

[Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla live 1.1.0-8 (stable) released

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

It's been a long time since last stable Clonezilla live. There are some
major improvement and changes in this release. Here it's the release
notes for Clonezilla live 1.1.0-8.
New features:
- French languages was added. Thanks to Jean-Francois Nifenecker.
- Japanese languages was added. Thanks to Akira Yoshiyama.
- Newer kernel 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486 (2.6.24-6).
- New upstream ntfs-3g 1.2506.
- 1024x768 resolution option was added in Clonezilla live. Thanks to
Scott Ochiltree for this idea.
- Default to turn on TUI output for partclone.
- The function to restore image to different disk/partition name was added.
- New feature: now ocs-sr will prompt the command to run ocs-sr again
when using "ocs-sr -x".
- ///NOTE/// Parameters of ocs-onthefly were modified to be the same
with ocs-sr, i.e. -k (was -n)/-k1/-k2, and -r (was -e).
- xfs and jfs growing functions were added in resize_part.
- Packages xfsdump and lscpi were added.
- A package davfs2 was added so that webdav device can be mounted as
Clonezilla image repository manually. Will add this function in
prep-ocsroot in the future.
- Some codes about mounting iSCSI dev were added in prep-ocsroot,
however, not ready.
- gPXE boot option was added in Clonezilla live boot menu.
- Hard disk serial number will be shown in the info when saving image.
- Turn on -r by default when restoring.
- Now it's possible to clone small disk to larger disk proportionally
(-k1 option) with filesystem matchs partition size.
- Now live-initramfs instead of casper is used. The auto login account
is 'user', and the password is 'live'. No password for root.
- Numlock is turned on by default.
- Some other minor bugs fixed and improvements.

About Bugs fixed:
- Bug fixed: ocs-onthefly failed to clone disk hda to disk hdb remotely.
- Bug fixed: ocs-onthefly should not automatically create swap partition.
- Bug fixed: /var/lib/apt/lists/lock was removed. Thanks to Louie Chen.
- Bug fixed: "-e" option was broken. Thanks to Orgad Shaneh for this bug
report.
- Bug fixed: Because Live helper does not deal with the umountfs service
when shutdowning/rebooting, we deal with that in Clonezilla live by
modifying /etc/init.d/umountfs. Thanks to Scott Ochiltree.
- Bug fixed: LV was not restored due to the variable target_dir was not
changed to target_dir_full in restore_logv.
- Bug fixed: ocs-functions was not able to list the size of cciss disk
size.
- Bug fixed: extra shift was removed in --extra-boot-param in ocs-iso.
Thanks to Orgad Shaneh.
- Bug fixed: ocs-onthefly failed to clone 2nd and the rest of LV
remotely, due to the file descriptor problem.
- Bug fixed: When swap partitions number > 2, and in /dev/[hs]d10 or
more, restorartion failed. Thanks to frankiehung for reporting this bug.

Some files name were changed. If you are hacking Cloneizlla live, be
aware of these changes:
- Exe files of partclone were renamed as partclone.$FS.
- File kbdconf-bterm was renamed as ocs-kbdconf-bterm.
- File tune the programs: ocs-live-run-menu, drbl-langchooser,
S05kbd-conf, ocs-kbdconf-bterm
- File resize_part was renamed as ocs-resize-part.
- File makeboot.sh was renamed as ocs-makeboot.
- File get_part_info was renamed as ocs-get-part-info.
- File ocs was renamed as clonezilla since ocs will conflict with other
package.
- Files lvm2-start.sh and lvm2-stop.sh were moved from package drbl and
renamed as ocs-lvm2-start and ocs-lvm2-stop, respectively.
- File socket.pl was moved from package drbl here and renamed as
ocs-socket.
- File drbl-chnthn is renamed as ocs-chnthn.
- File drbl-chnthn-functions is renamed as ocs-chnthn-functions.
- Typo fixed: Was 640x640 in ocs-live-boot-menu. Thanks to Orgad Shaneh.

MD5SUMS:
c661b675f304681c012753f5e39b45ab clonezilla-live-1.1.0-8.iso
a2bd7bb461cbece6b04dc827c27a8a44 clonezilla-live-1.1.0-8.zip

SHA1SUMS:
bede4a91592e9dff20043ce0aa754be71f6d77d2 clonezilla-live-1.1.0-8.iso
f9dc6aab15f3b644c1410f6c5bc4fbce2e650226 clonezilla-live-1.1.0-8.zip

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[Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla live 1.1.0-5 (testing) released

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

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 1.1.0-5

We have released another testing Clonezilla live 1.1.0-5, some new
features were added and some bugs were fixed.
New features:
- The function to restore image to different disk/partition name was added.
- 1024x768 resolution option was added in Clonezilla live. Thanks to
Scott Ochiltree for this idea.
- Default to turn on TUI output for partclone.
- New upstream ntfs-3g 1.2506.
- When the rate report goes wrong, wait for pressing enter to continue.
- Improvement: Use --menu instead of --radiolist in ocs-onthefly as much
as possible.

Bugs fixed:
- Because Live helper does not deal with the umountfs service when
shutdowning/rebooting, we deal with that in Clonezilla live by modifying
/etc/init.d/umountfs. Thanks to Scott Ochiltree.
- ocs-functions was not able to list the size of cciss disk size.
- Some other minor bugs fixed and improvements.


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[Clonezilla-live] LinuxWorld Expo 2008, San Francisco

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

The DRBL/Clonezilla projects will be present in the .org Pavilion at
LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco from August 4-7. We will also give a
talk about Clonezilla in the BoF. For more info, please check
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla auto restore with samba

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

Hi,
I would suggest that you write a custom script to do that, you can refer
to this:
http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/#make_custom_clonezilla_live

Steven.

skshopping 提到:
> Hi all,
>
> I try since a few days to build a custom clonezilla image that boot´s, 
> mount automatic a samba drive and automatic restore the disk.
>
> Here my Idea´s:
>
> 1. I boot the clonezilla cd.
>
> 2. I put a file like 'sambamount' with the following content in 
> /opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun
>
> mount -t cifs -o username=username,password=password //IP/sharing 
> /home/partimag
>
> 3. Change to command promt and edit /etc/ocs/ocs-live.conf
>
> ocs_live_run="/opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr"
> ocs_live_extra_param="-b restoredisk IMAGE_NAME hda"
> ocs_live_batch="yes"
>
> 4. After this i 'cd' to my usb stick (/home/usbmount) and run this command:
>
> /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-iso -s
>
> The iso will be create but when i boot the iso there´s no difference 
> between the original and my iso. I´m also tryed "/opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-iso 
> -g en -k NONE -s -m" without success.
>
> Which command I must use that my changes will be successfully ?
>
> If there´s a other way to solve my problem please tell me the other way. 
> BTW: I don´t want to include a image into the cd. I want to use the 
> samba server where´s the imagefile saved.
>
> Sorry for my bad english ;)
>
> Kind Regards
> Steven
>
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[Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla auto restore with samba

[skshopping <sks...@ho...>]

Hi all,

I try since a few days to build a custom clonezilla image that boot´s, 
mount automatic a samba drive and automatic restore the disk.

Here my Idea´s:

1. I boot the clonezilla cd.

2. I put a file like 'sambamount' with the following content in 
/opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun

mount -t cifs -o username=username,password=password //IP/sharing 
/home/partimag

3. Change to command promt and edit /etc/ocs/ocs-live.conf

ocs_live_run="/opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr"
ocs_live_extra_param="-b restoredisk IMAGE_NAME hda"
ocs_live_batch="yes"

4. After this i 'cd' to my usb stick (/home/usbmount) and run this command:

/opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-iso -s

The iso will be create but when i boot the iso there´s no difference 
between the original and my iso. I´m also tryed "/opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-iso 
-g en -k NONE -s -m" without success.

Which command I must use that my changes will be successfully ?

If there´s a other way to solve my problem please tell me the other way. 
BTW: I don´t want to include a image into the cd. I want to use the 
samba server where´s the imagefile saved.

Sorry for my bad english ;)

Kind Regards
Steven