Clonezilla

The Free and Open Source Software for Disk Imaging and Cloning
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Clonezilla live doc (Updated: 3.1.1)
Save disk image
Description: Save 1st disk (sda) as an image on 2nd disk (sdb) (Step by step)
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "device-image" option
  8. Choose "local_dev" option to assign sdb1 as the image home
  9. Select sdb1 as image repository, then choose "savedisk" option
  10. Input image name and select source disk
  11. Clonezilla is saving disk image (sda) to the partition of 2nd disk (sdb1)

Restore disk image
Description: Restore an image on 2nd disk (sdb) to 1st disk (sda) (Step by step)
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "device-image" option
  8. Choose "local_dev" option to assign sdb1 as the image home
  9. Select sdb1 as image repository, then choose "restoredisk" option
  10. Select image name and destination disk
  11. Clonezilla is restoring disk image on 2nd disk (sdb) to 1st disk (sda)
Disk to disk clone
Description: Clone small disk to larger disk (e.g. 20 GB to 60 GB) (Step by step)
  1. Prepare Clonezilla live
  2. Boot your Clonezilla live via USB
  3. Choose "ToRAM" option in the boot menu
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "disk_to_local_disk"
  8. Choose source disk
  9. Choose target disk
  10. Start cloning
  11. Disk is cloned
One image to multiple disks
Description: Restore an image to multiple disks, e.g. massive production of live USB flash drives.
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  4. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process
  5. Choose language
  6. Choose keyboard layout
  7. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  8. Choose "device-image" option
  9. Choose "local_dev" option to assign sde1 as the image home
  10. Select sde1 as image repository, then choose "1-2-mdisks" option
  11. Select image name and destination disk
  12. Clonezilla is restoring disk image on disk sde to sda, sdc, and sdd.
Create Recovery Clonezilla
Description: Create a autorun recovery Clonezilla live CD or USB flash drive (Step by step)
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process:
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "device-image" option
  8. Choose "local_dev" option to assign sdb1 as the image home
  9. Select sdb1 as image repository, then choose "restoredisk" option
  10. Choose the image you want to include in the recovery CD or USB flash drive:
Preseed options to do job after booting
Description: Start Clonezilla live with sshd service on and password assigned
  1. The scenario
  2. The options to be preseeded
Started with sshd on and passwd assigned
Description: Run unattended Clonezilla live via PXE or CD booting and the process can be remotely monitored
  1. A PXE config example for you to boot Clonezilla live via PXE, and ssh service is on, the password of account "user" is assigned
Add extra driver
Description: How to put your own binary driver in Clonezilla live without modifying /live/filesystem.squashfs
  1. How to put your own binary driver in Clonezilla live without modifying /live/filesystem.squashfs
Customized script with PXE
Description: Use customized script with a PXE version of Clonezilla live
  1. To put your customized script with a PXE version of Clonezilla live
Screen session with PXE
Description: Run unattended Clonezilla live via PXE booting and the process can be remotely monitored
  1. Run Clonezilla in screen session so you can access remotely to monitor the progress.
Burn Clonezilla live CD
Description: Create Clonezilla live CD by InfraRecorder
  1. Create Clonezilla live CD by InfraRecorder
LinuxLive USB creator
Description: Create Clonezilla live USB flash drive by LinuxLive USB creator
  1. Create Clonezilla live USB flash drive by LinuxLive USB creator
lite server
Description: Run a Clonezilla lite server to do massive deployment from an image via multicast mechanism
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "lite-server" option
  8. Now we have to mount the image repository.
  9. Select sdb1 as image repository, then choose "restoredisk" option
  10. Select image name and destination disk
lite server BT from dev
Description: Run a Clonezilla lite server to do massive deployment from raw device via bittorrent mechanism
  1. Boot the machine via Clonezilla live
  2. The boot menu of Clonezilla live
  3. Here we choose 800x600 mode, after pressing Enter, you will see Debian Linux booting process
  4. Choose language
  5. Choose keyboard layout
  6. Choose "Start Clonezilla"
  7. Choose "lite-server" option
  8. Mount the image repository.
  9. Choose the massive deployment mode using BT from raw device mode.
  10. Select source disk.
ocs related command manpages
Description: Manual pages about Clonezilla related commands
  1. Man page of ocs-sr
  2. Man page of ocs-onthefly
Misc
Description: Misc doc
  1. The boot parameters for Clonezilla live
Last modified: Sun Dec 10 5:40:07 PST 2023.