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Re: [Clonezilla-live] clonezilla live 1.0.3-15

[Gary S. <gar...@gm...>]

Steven,
     Thanks for the quick response.  I kept the cd I have of 1.0.3-6
which works just fine for me.  I'm doing "offline" cloning using a USB
hdd.

I'll keep an eye out for the next release.

Once again, thanks for the great "ghost" alternative.

GS

On 5/24/07, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> Thanks for reporting this bug, yes, I confirmed that.
> My bad... Due to ntfs-3g is not included in stable Debian 4.0, and I
> forgot to put another branch when creating Clonezilla live.
> I am working on another minor bug, and will release another testing
> version with this ntfs-3g bug free asap.
> For the time being, you can try:
> 1. boot the Clonezilla live 1.0.3-15
> 2. enter shell
> 3. edit /etc/apt/sources.list, append live-testing like this:
> deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core drbl stable live-stable live-testing
> 4. apt-get update
> 5. apt-get install ntfs-3g
> Then I think you will have a working ntfs-3g to use.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Regards,
> Steven.
>
> Gary Smithe wrote:
> > First, I want to say that Clonezilla rocks!  The testing version is a
> > great product.
> > With that being said, it seems like ntfs-3g was accidentally not
> > included on 1.0.3-15.  When I use 10.0.3-6, I can mount with no
> > problems.
> >
> > When I tried 1.0.3-15, the command can't be found.
> >
> > When I tried to find it from the root of the live filesystem, it
> > couldn't be found either.
> >
> > Maybe it's just me.  Can anyone confirm?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > GS
> >
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] clonezilla live 1.0.3-15

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

Hi Gary,
Thanks for reporting this bug, yes, I confirmed that.
My bad... Due to ntfs-3g is not included in stable Debian 4.0, and I
forgot to put another branch when creating Clonezilla live.
I am working on another minor bug, and will release another testing
version with this ntfs-3g bug free asap.
For the time being, you can try:
1. boot the Clonezilla live 1.0.3-15
2. enter shell
3. edit /etc/apt/sources.list, append live-testing like this:
deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core drbl stable live-stable live-testing
4. apt-get update
5. apt-get install ntfs-3g
Then I think you will have a working ntfs-3g to use.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Steven.

Gary Smithe wrote:
> First, I want to say that Clonezilla rocks!  The testing version is a
> great product.
> With that being said, it seems like ntfs-3g was accidentally not
> included on 1.0.3-15.  When I use 10.0.3-6, I can mount with no
> problems.
> 
> When I tried 1.0.3-15, the command can't be found.
> 
> When I tried to find it from the root of the live filesystem, it
> couldn't be found either.
> 
> Maybe it's just me.  Can anyone confirm?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> GS
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] clonezilla live 1.0.3-15

[Gary S. <gar...@gm...>]

First, I want to say that Clonezilla rocks!  The testing version is a
great product.
With that being said, it seems like ntfs-3g was accidentally not
included on 1.0.3-15.  When I use 10.0.3-6, I can mount with no
problems.

When I tried 1.0.3-15, the command can't be found.

When I tried to find it from the root of the live filesystem, it
couldn't be found either.

Maybe it's just me.  Can anyone confirm?

Thanks,

GS

Re: [Clonezilla-live] feature request: skip dhcp on disconnected interfaces

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

Actually you can press Ctrl-C to terminate the dhcp client when it's requesting an IP address.

Steven.

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 01:44:07PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> When booting a machine with serveral ethernet cards but only one 
> connected for the cloning process, it would be a lot faster if ones with 
> no link were skipped or the process doing the dhcp request could be put 
> in the background instead of waiting for it to time out.
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] feature request: skip dhcp on disconnected interfaces

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

When booting a machine with serveral ethernet cards but only one 
connected for the cloning process, it would be a lot faster if ones with 
no link were skipped or the process doing the dhcp request could be put 
in the background instead of waiting for it to time out.

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Add the french option.

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

That's pretty cool!
Check the file /opt/drbin/sbin/drbl-functions
Some functions you might have to modify:
1. get_lang_index
2. ask_lang_set
3. load_lang_set
4. ask_and_load_lang_set
5. language_help_prompt_by_idx_no
6.  language_help_prompt_by_idx_name
This is just a draft, never test here.

Maybe it's a good idea to include your language file in the future drbl
and clonezilla.

Regards,
Steven.

Hervé Lauwerier wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> in the case of our project, we have translated the "en" file in a "fr"
> file to put clonezilla in French. So now we want to add the french
> option inside the clonezilla live menu. After looking inside perhaps all
> the file, inside the opt_drbl.tgz archive, we didn't understand where,
> how an when the files are called by the program. Can you explain me some
> tricks to achieve my project?
>  
> Thank you for your work and for your future answer.
> 
> Hervé Lauwerier
> 
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Linux Raid1 partitions?

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

Thanks - RAID1 is a special case that could be handled almost like the 
filesystem on it since a complete copy is on each disk.  For other raid 
   levels you'd have to access  it though the md device to read and 
create a matching device to accept the restore.

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Steven Shiau wrote:
> No, RAID device is not supported now. We will try to make it in the
> future version.
> 
> Steven.
> 
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Should clonezilla be able to clone a disk where the partitions contain
>> one member of a Linux RAID1 md device?  When I tried, it recognized the
>> underlying copy of the ext3 filesystem (which is also sort-of right) but
>> did not duplicate the raid superblock so the copy wasn't recognized at
>> boot up.  I was hoping to be able to clone one disk, then be able to
>> rebuild the mirror setup after the copied machine was running.
>>
> 
> 

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Linux Raid1 partitions?

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

No, RAID device is not supported now. We will try to make it in the
future version.

Steven.

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Should clonezilla be able to clone a disk where the partitions contain
> one member of a Linux RAID1 md device?  When I tried, it recognized the
> underlying copy of the ext3 filesystem (which is also sort-of right) but
> did not duplicate the raid superblock so the copy wasn't recognized at
> boot up.  I was hoping to be able to clone one disk, then be able to
> rebuild the mirror setup after the copied machine was running.
> 


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[Clonezilla-live] Linux Raid1 partitions?

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

Should clonezilla be able to clone a disk where the partitions contain
one member of a Linux RAID1 md device?  When I tried, it recognized the
underlying copy of the ext3 filesystem (which is also sort-of right) but
did not duplicate the raid superblock so the copy wasn't recognized at
boot up.  I was hoping to be able to clone one disk, then be able to
rebuild the mirror setup after the copied machine was running.

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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different geometry

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

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The target disk can NOT be smaller than source disk, even if it's just
1% different.
Maybe you can try to use gparted
(https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=679664) to resize the
source disk, then manually create the partition in the target disk, and
when you restore it, remember to choose "-k" to skip the partition table
creation.

Regards,
Steven.

Omar Estrada wrote:
> Steven,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion, but I still couldn't make it work.
> 
> I restored the image using both dd and sfdisk. After that, I rebooted the
> computer and, on the first try, the operating system (Windows) tried to
> boot, but then and without notice, the computer reset. On the second and
> subsequent tries, it appeared a screen saying that Windows couldn't load on
> a previous attempt and it prompted me to select a mode to boot (safe, net,
> normal, etc.); if I selected Safe Mode, it started booting up but then reset
> again.
> 
> This is the configuration of the computers (disk geometries as reported by
> FDISK):
> 
> SOURCE COMPUTER
> Disk: 80000/16/63 (CHS) LBA
> Partitions:
> - hda1: primary, bootable, NTFS, WinXP, cyls. 1-40635
> - hda2: primary, NTFS, empty, cyls. 40636-60636
> 
> DESTINATION COMPUTER
> Disk: 77545/16/63 (CHS) LBA
> 
> Notice that even though the size of the destination disk is slightly smaller
> than the source one, the partitions should fit in the destination disk.
> 
> I would appreciate if somebody could give a hint on what to try next.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Omar Estrada
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Shiau [mailto:st...@nc...] 
> Sent: Miércoles, 25 de Abril de 2007 11:55 a.m.
> To: Omar Estrada
> Cc: clo...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different
> geometry
> 
> Yes, it can be done, but you might will have this problem:
> http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=./2_System&entry=23_Missing_O
> S.faq
> 
> Good luck.
> Steven.
> 
> Omar Estrada wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We have some test machines which we use to perform tests on clean systems.
>>> The idea is to create images of just-installed Windows and Linux systems,
>>> create an image, work with them, and later, when required, restore the
>>> just-installed image. However, the machines have disks with different
>>> geometry.
>>> I would like to know if it is possible to restore a partition/disk image
> on
>>> another disk. For example, suppose that a disk has the following
>>> configuration:
>>>
>>> CONFIGURATION 1
>>>
>>> Disk size: 80 GB
>>> Boot loader: GRUB
>>> Partition 1 (primary, 15 GB, bootable): Windows XP
>>> Partition 2 (extended, 65 GB)
>>> Partition 3 (logical, 15 GB): Linux
>>> Partition 4 (logical, 5 GB): Windows Vista
>>> Partition 5 (logical, 15 GB): Empty/unused
>>> (Unallocated space 30 GB)
>>>
>>> Suppose also that I create images of each partition.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to restore the image of partition 1 (WinXP) on a disk
>>> with a different geometry (but with the same partition layout)? What about
>>> restoring the whole disk image? Should I need to tweak the stored MBR?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Omar Estrada
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different geometry

[Omar E. <oma...@as...>]

Steven,

Thanks for your suggestion, but I still couldn't make it work.

I restored the image using both dd and sfdisk. After that, I rebooted =
the
computer and, on the first try, the operating system (Windows) tried to
boot, but then and without notice, the computer reset. On the second and
subsequent tries, it appeared a screen saying that Windows couldn't load =
on
a previous attempt and it prompted me to select a mode to boot (safe, =
net,
normal, etc.); if I selected Safe Mode, it started booting up but then =
reset
again.

This is the configuration of the computers (disk geometries as reported =
by
FDISK):

SOURCE COMPUTER
Disk: 80000/16/63 (CHS) LBA
Partitions:
- hda1: primary, bootable, NTFS, WinXP, cyls. 1-40635
- hda2: primary, NTFS, empty, cyls. 40636-60636

DESTINATION COMPUTER
Disk: 77545/16/63 (CHS) LBA

Notice that even though the size of the destination disk is slightly =
smaller
than the source one, the partitions should fit in the destination disk.

I would appreciate if somebody could give a hint on what to try next.

Thanks,

Omar Estrada

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Shiau [mailto:st...@nc...]=20
Sent: Mi=E9rcoles, 25 de Abril de 2007 11:55 a.m.
To: Omar Estrada
Cc: clo...@li...
Subject: Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different
geometry

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Yes, it can be done, but you might will have this problem:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=3D./2_System&entry=3D23_Mi=
ssing_O
S.faq

Good luck.
Steven.

Omar Estrada wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> We have some test machines which we use to perform tests on clean =
systems.
> The idea is to create images of just-installed Windows and Linux =
systems,
> create an image, work with them, and later, when required, restore the
> just-installed image. However, the machines have disks with different
> geometry.
> I would like to know if it is possible to restore a partition/disk =
image
on
> another disk. For example, suppose that a disk has the following
> configuration:
>=20
> CONFIGURATION 1
>=20
> Disk size: 80 GB
> Boot loader: GRUB
> Partition 1 (primary, 15 GB, bootable): Windows XP
> Partition 2 (extended, 65 GB)
> Partition 3 (logical, 15 GB): Linux
> Partition 4 (logical, 5 GB): Windows Vista
> Partition 5 (logical, 15 GB): Empty/unused
> (Unallocated space 30 GB)
>=20
> Suppose also that I create images of each partition.
>=20
> Would it be possible to restore the image of partition 1 (WinXP) on a =
disk
> with a different geometry (but with the same partition layout)? What =
about
> restoring the whole disk image? Should I need to tweak the stored MBR?
>=20
> Kind regards,
>=20
> Omar Estrada
>=20
>=20
> =
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different geometry

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

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Yes, it can be done, but you might will have this problem:
http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/index.php#path=./2_System&entry=23_Missing_OS.faq

Good luck.
Steven.

Omar Estrada wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have some test machines which we use to perform tests on clean systems.
> The idea is to create images of just-installed Windows and Linux systems,
> create an image, work with them, and later, when required, restore the
> just-installed image. However, the machines have disks with different
> geometry.
> I would like to know if it is possible to restore a partition/disk image on
> another disk. For example, suppose that a disk has the following
> configuration:
> 
> CONFIGURATION 1
> 
> Disk size: 80 GB
> Boot loader: GRUB
> Partition 1 (primary, 15 GB, bootable): Windows XP
> Partition 2 (extended, 65 GB)
> Partition 3 (logical, 15 GB): Linux
> Partition 4 (logical, 5 GB): Windows Vista
> Partition 5 (logical, 15 GB): Empty/unused
> (Unallocated space 30 GB)
> 
> Suppose also that I create images of each partition.
> 
> Would it be possible to restore the image of partition 1 (WinXP) on a disk
> with a different geometry (but with the same partition layout)? What about
> restoring the whole disk image? Should I need to tweak the stored MBR?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Omar Estrada
> 
> 
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[Clonezilla-live] Restoring images on disks with different geometry

[Omar E. <oma...@as...>]

Hi,

We have some test machines which we use to perform tests on clean systems.
The idea is to create images of just-installed Windows and Linux systems,
create an image, work with them, and later, when required, restore the
just-installed image. However, the machines have disks with different
geometry.
I would like to know if it is possible to restore a partition/disk image on
another disk. For example, suppose that a disk has the following
configuration:

CONFIGURATION 1

Disk size: 80 GB
Boot loader: GRUB
Partition 1 (primary, 15 GB, bootable): Windows XP
Partition 2 (extended, 65 GB)
Partition 3 (logical, 15 GB): Linux
Partition 4 (logical, 5 GB): Windows Vista
Partition 5 (logical, 15 GB): Empty/unused
(Unallocated space 30 GB)

Suppose also that I create images of each partition.

Would it be possible to restore the image of partition 1 (WinXP) on a disk
with a different geometry (but with the same partition layout)? What about
restoring the whole disk image? Should I need to tweak the stored MBR?

Kind regards,

Omar Estrada

Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring to a VMWare virtual server ?

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

Sorry for the late response, I forgot to subscribe this list.
Are you familiar with program "screen" ? If so, please use screen to
scroll back to check the error message.
BTW, a new testing version 1.0.2-1 is released, and you can download it in:
http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/download/sourceforge/
Maybe you can also give it a try. Please let us know the results.

Steven.
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[Clonezilla-live] Restoring to a VMWare virtual server ?

[Florent G. <flo...@di...>]

Hello all,

I just discover CloneZilla, so sorry if it already has been asked before...

I have backed up an entire SCSI hard disk of a production server running
Linux RHEL3 (Dell Power edge 1850 Server) using sshfs destination mount
point and Live CD of CloneZilla.
Now, my goal would be to restore the created image to a virtual machine
using Vmware server but it doesn't works and stops just after i confirm by
"Yes" that i have understood that all my data will be lost on the
destination hard disk.

Nb : my virtual machine has been created using : SCSI hard disk, using 8.0G
space at the creation.

Problem is that i can't read error messages because they scroll too fast and
i only see the menu where i can choose to reboot, poweroff or go to prompt.

Any idea of what i could test ?

Thanks

Florent

[Clonezilla-live] clonezilla 070323 and PCMCIA support

[LarryT <gp...@gm...>]

Hi all,
I wonder if could be possible to add some PCMCIA support on 
clonezilla-live. My 3C574 PCMCIA card is not recognized.
I dunno if other PC-CARD are supported ???

thx.

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[Clonezilla-live] Cloning WXP/ NTFS Drives

[Mike T. <mto...@bm...>]

I am using Clonezilla to clone Linux and Windows drives. On my test 
system, I am getting the message: "Error loading operating system" upon 
booting after the image is restored. I read the FAQ, checked google, and 
found the item below. The only problem is, the BIOS on my test machine 
can not be adjusted to use LBA mode (it's an old Dell laptop and, 
unfortunately, the only test PC model I have available right now). So 
the question is, is there anything I can do to make this drive bootable 
or create the image in such a way that it will be?

I'll continue to look around and post what I find. This is an 
outstanding product! I hope I can use it.

Mike


>From the Clonezilla FAQ:

# When I use clonezilla to clone M$ windows, there is no any problem when 
saving an image from template machine. However, after the image is 
restored to another machine, it fails to boot, the error message is 
"Missing Operating System". What's going on ?     ^TOP^ 
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  	Usually this is because GNU/Linux and M$ windows interpret the CHS 
(cylinder, head, sector) value of harddrive differently. Maybe you can 
change the IDE harddrive setting in BIOS, try to use LBA instead of auto 
mode.