Clonezilla live 2.7.2 does not boot anymore from USB.

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#158 Clonezilla live 2.7.2 does not boot anymore from USB.

Milestone: clonezilla live stable

Status: open

Owner: nobody

Labels: USB bootable (1)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2021-08-22

Created: 2021-08-08

Creator: Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen

Private: No

Problem: Clonezilla live 2.7.2 does not boot anymore from USB !!

Software:
clonezilla-live-2.7.2-39-amd64.zip
windows 7 Pro SP1
Hardware:
HP Elitebook 8740w
Lexar 8GB Pendrive,

Steps to recreate error:
The Pendrive is NTFS formatted.
H:\utils\win64\makeboot64.bat is executed as admin.

Result:
Pendrive not bootable.

Discussion

Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen - 2021-08-09

The first thing i noticed when investigating my pendrive is that i'm missing
H:\syslinux\boot-local-efi.cfg
So next thing i will try is putting that syslinux 6.0.3 file in there from the iso and run the makeboot batchfile again. The batchfile looks okay by the way.

Result: FAIL

Last edit: Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen 2021-08-09

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Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen - 2021-08-09

Next thing i will try is unpacking clonezilla-live-2.7.2-39-amd64.iso to my pendrive and running makeboot. Result: FAIL
Burning the clonezilla-live-2.7.2-39-amd64.iso to CD-Rom, copying everything to the pendrive and run makeboot. Result: FAIL
Hardware Check: Format the pendrive as FAT32, unpack clonezilla-2-3-6-7.zip and run makeboot. Result: Okay
Now for checking if it's about the formatting of the pendrive:
Format the pendrive as FAT32, unpack clonezilla-live-2.7.2-39-amd64.zip and run H:\utils\win64\makeboot64.bat Result: Okay

Conclusion The pendrive needs to be formatted FAT32 in order to work with clonezilla live 2.7.2-39

line 32 of makeboot64.bat could be added like so:

wmic logicaldisk where caption="%~d0" get filesystem|find "FAT32">nul && echo The USB pendrive has FAT32 formatting. || echo Please format your USB pendrive as FAT32

Last edit: Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen 2021-08-09
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Steven Shiau - 2021-08-10

Thanks. Please post (attach) the complete makeboot64.bat so that it's easier to check.

Steven

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Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen - 2021-08-16

Okay, here it is.

makeboot64.bat

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Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen - 2021-08-16

There are versions of Clonezilla live that are bootable on a NTFS pendrive.
The first one known to me is clonezilla-live-20110922-natty.iso
The last one is clonezilla-live-2.4.7-8-amd64.iso or later.

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Steven Shiau - 2021-08-18

Thanks. We will merge your makeboot64.bat.
BTW, it's recommended to use FAT although legacy (MBR) booting works for fat, ext, btrfs and ntfs. While for uEFI booting, FAT is a must, i.e., with FAT, your USB pendrive can boot on legacy BIOS and uEFI BIOS.

Steven

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Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen - 2021-08-19

Okay, is that why we choose FAT. <sm1le> I have Linux, Ms-Win and Apple macOS machines. The only usable formatting for my cross platform work is FAT. So I don't use symbolic links in Linux or large files in Ms-Win.</sm1le>

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Steven Shiau - 2021-08-22

Yes, FAT is a must for uEFI ESP. You can refer to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#EFI_system_partition

Steven

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