Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring Dell image to different/larger drive/partition
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring Dell image to different/larger drive/partition
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From: Steven S. <st...@nc...> - 2010-04-05 09:04:14
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Hi Steve, Could you give the latest testing Clonezilla live a try? E.g. 1.2.4-35 or 20100402-lucid? Steven. Steve Poe wrote: >> Did you see any error message or warning message when restoring? >> > > Yes, but unfortunately, I don't have the specifics. It was in the middle of the 2nd partition, NTFS, stating the partition image was corrupt. > > >>> 2. Remove Dell partition, save image with 1.2.4.-28. Restore process would break with multiple attempts. >>> >>> >> What did you mean by "multiple attempts"? >> > > I tried loading the image from the network, from a Samba share, multiple times and two identical systems and received the same error message. When I cloned the system with 1.2.3-37 and the loaded the image, there were no errors. I could suspect a network hiccup (1Gb with 1.4-2.0Gb per min transfer average), corrupting the image, but I cannot prove that yet. > > The 3rd partition, NTFS, seemed to transfer fine. > > Steve > > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Steven Shiau wrote: > > >> Hi Steve, >> >> Steve Poe wrote: >> >>> Bill, >>> >>> Not a problem. Windows boots fine when the Dell partition is removed. There was two issues at hand: >>> >>> 1. Restoring to larger disk proportionally with 1.2.4-28 would not allow the system to boot. No resize restore worked fine. >>> (yes, Windows was looking at sda2 for booting in this image) >>> >>> >> Did you see any error message or warning message when restoring? >> >>> 2. Remove Dell partition, save image with 1.2.4.-28. Restore process would break with multiple attempts. >>> >>> >> What did you mean by "multiple attempts"? >> >> Steven. >> >>> - repeat process with earlier Clonezilla and restore process was fine. >>> >>> To your point, I did try removing the Dell partition from within fdisk but did not change/edit the win.ini. My bad. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Bill Gurley wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Steve: >>>> >>>> Forgive me if this is obvious, but it's not clear from the thread if you >>>> are aware of this. >>>> >>>> Windows XP has a file in the root directory of C: (it may be a hidden >>>> file; I can't remember) called boot.ini. That file tells Windows which >>>> partition that the XP installation is on. If windows was booting from >>>> the second partition in the original installation and you have now >>>> removed the Dell utility partition, then maybe it is now needing to boot >>>> from the first partition. In this case you would need to edit the >>>> boot.ini file accordingly. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve Poe wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Steven, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your input. >>>>> >>>>> I did remove the Dell partition while in Windows then confirmed in fdisk that it isn't there. However, I think the root cause is something >>>>> with the 1.2.4-28 version (maybe partclone) since when I restored it, I would receive a CRC stdin error. I restored the previous image copy >>>>> I had, saved the image with 1.2.3-37 then it was fine. I still have not tried to expand the newly revised image. >>>>> >>>>> Through one of the FAQ documents, I remember how to resize the partition while booting/running Clonezilla, but I really want to use the >>>>> resize proportionally. >>>>> >>>>> A side, but maybe related, question on resizing: Do I need to have the use "'r'" for resize option enabled when using "-k1"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Steven Shiau wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 2010/4/2 上午 01:12, Steve Poe wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am using Clonezilla 1.2.4-28 to clone a Dell E4300 Windows XP laptop. >>>>>>> I've noticed that there is a hidden partition (sda1 - FAT16) which >>>>>>> contains the Dell utility. Windows boots from sda2 and we have a data >>>>>>> directory on sda3. >>>>>>> The laptop comes with a 160GB. If I insert a 250GB drive and >>>>>>> proportionally size the drive, the system fails to boot (no blue screen) >>>>>>> or we get a NTLDR (0xc000000e). >>>>>>> If I don't do a proportional resize, the image loads fine. >>>>>>> I don't know of a way to reimage without the Dell partition, outside of >>>>>>> a complete rebuild, but I cannot expand to a larger disk. >>>>>>> I have also tried doing a backup of the Windows partition (sda2) and >>>>>>> force it to sda1 but I've had no luck with that. >>>>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Do not choose "-k1", let Clonezilla clones the exact partition size >>>>>> for you. Make sure it can boot, then >>>>>> 2. 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