Re: [Clonezilla-live] clonezilla and grub2

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

Hi Bob,
OK, I confirmed this issue.
This is due to Fedora has an extra path (/root/) for the root files 
system in the root partition.
We will fix this in the next release.

Steven

On 10/21/2023 1:09 PM, Bob Bobsled wrote:
> Hi,
> re: Clonezilla not copying grub2 boot files on fedora38
>
> I have a single 500 gb LVM2 partition with /root, /swap, /opt, & /home 
> blocks.  It uses a bios boot and the Grub2 the /boot files are a 
> subdirectory of Grub and not part of the partition.  Nothing fancy.
>
> $ lsblk
> NAME            MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
> sda               8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk
> └─sda1            8:1    0 465.8G  0 part
>   ├─fedora-root 253:0    0  65.2G  0 lvm  /
>   ├─fedora-swap 253:1    0  10.2G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
>   ├─fedora-opt  253:2    0   177G  0 lvm  /opt
>   └─fedora-home 253:3    0 213.4G  0 lvm  /home
> sdb               8:16   1     0B  0 disk
> sr0              11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
>
> # fdisk -l
> Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
> Disk model: ST500LM021-1KJ15
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x2789b2c4
>
> Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1        2048 976773119 976771072 465.8G 8e Linux LVM
>
>
> Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-root: 65.2 GiB, 70002933760 bytes, 136724480 
> sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
>
>
> Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-swap: 10.25 GiB, 11001659392 bytes, 21487616 
> sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
>
>
> Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-opt: 176.95 GiB, 190001971200 bytes, 371097600 
> sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
>
>
> Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-home: 213.36 GiB, 229097078784 bytes, 
> 447455232 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
>
> -----------------------------------
> [root@localhost /]# ls
> 1    bin   dev  home  lib64       media  opt   root  sbin  sys  usr
> afs  boot  etc  lib   lost+found  mnt    proc  run   srv   tmp  var
>
> boot dir files listing.  These are the files that aren't cloned.
>
> $ cd /boot
> $ ls
>
> config-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
> config-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
> config-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
> efi
> grub2
> initramfs-0-rescue-44ef4c4daaf947fa96e409b2dc467b07.img
> initramfs-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64.img
> initramfs-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64.img
> initramfs-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64.img
> initrd-plymouth.img
> loader
> symvers-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
> symvers-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
> symvers-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
> System.map-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
> System.map-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
> System.map-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
> vmlinuz-0-rescue-44ef4c4daaf947fa96e409b2dc467b07
> vmlinuz-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
> vmlinuz-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
> vmlinuz-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
>
> Although there's an efi dir and efi files, I believe it's still using 
> legacy boot (bios).
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:20 PM Steven Shiau <st...@na...> 
> wrote:
>
>     Could you please share the partition table of your fedora 38?
>     BTW, is this a legacy BIOS or uEFI boot machine?
>
>     Steven
>
>     On 2023/10/8 05:42, Bob Bobsled wrote:
>     > Clonezilla was working fine to make a bootable usb backup of
>     fedora 37
>     > but stopped working when I upgraded to fedora 38. Perhaps has to do
>     > do with Grub2?
>     >
>     > I have a single 500 gb LVM2 partition with /root, /swap, /opt, &
>     /home
>     > blocks.  I don't really understand Grub2 but apparently the /boot
>     > files are a subdirectory of Grub and not part of the partition?
>     >
>     > These are the config, initramfs, System.map, and vmlinuz files
>     needed
>     > for booting.
>     >
>     > I've tried cloning the drive 3 times using the latest Clonezilla
>     live,
>     > using disk to disk to try to make a backup on an external usb drive.
>     >
>     > The clone is successful, but none of the boot files ever get
>     cloned,
>     > and thus the usb is not bootable nor mountable because it
>     doesn't have
>     > a  file system without the boot files.  Therefore in the event
>     of of
>     > main disk corruption, crash, etc. and the need to restore from the
>     > USB, it wouldn't work because there are no boot files cloned to
>     the usb.
>     >
>     > So how would I go about making a useable backup disk with
>     Clonezilla
>     > given the grub2 problems I've encountered?
>     >
>     > Thank you,
>     > Bob
>     >
>     >
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