When it fails, please enter command line prompt in clonezilla live, then 1. sudo -i 2. /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-live-bug-report Then post the created file.
Steven. Simon L wrote: > Morning all, > > Looks like the mailing list accepts my Emails now. > > Update: > > I did a 'cat sda.mbr >/dev/sda' > > This created the partition tables and sda reads as: > > '# fdisk -l > Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will be corrected by > w(rite) > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 1674 13446373+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 8219 13250 40419540 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda3 1675 8218 52564680 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 13251 14592 10779615 bf Solaris > > Partition table entries are not in disk order' > > Then I booted into Clonezilla ISO and tried a 'restoreparts' using > 2009-08-20-20-WXP.img, but again it only listed the external USD drives as > viable TARGET devices. It won't recognise sda as a TARGET device. > Any ideas? > > S. > > <quote who="Simon L"> > >> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- >> Subject: Clonezilla fails to restore a partition - How can I mend this? >> From: "Simon L" <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, August 22, 2009 16:55 >> To: [email protected] >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Dear all, >> >> I backed up a partition as a file. After I installed the new disc drive >> and booted CZ, I instructed it to restore a partition from an image. >> >> Part of the process involved telling which file to use, which it found. In >> this case: >> /2009-08-20-20-WXP.img >> >> The new disc is blank - It has no partitions on it. This is because I had >> thought that I had instructed CZ to back up sda1 (Windows XP) to an image, >> with the intention to use CZ to restore of image back onto sda1. Slight >> hitch: There is no sda1 on the new disc, and I cannot create this because >> I am aware that Windows is rather fussy about it. Because of this I used >> these options as mentioned in the FAQ for WXP: -j0 t1 >> The entire command was: >> /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr -q2 -c -j0 -t1 -z0 -i 2000 -p true saveparts >> "2009-08-20-20-WXP.img" "sda1" >> >> I do not think that CZ can restore a partition image back to the disc >> unless it has a valid partition (I really wish I knew this yesterday;( ) >> I think I am unable to create n sda1 partition as WindowsXP would expect >> it, (fdisk, yes i know, but from reading the FAQ then WXP will dislike >> sda1 and refuse to boot). Note that the original disc is now inaccessible >> so this is the only usable backup that I have. >> >> *Summary Question* >> How can I create the Windows partition correctly from the information in >> the img direction, and which command could I then use to restore of the >> image into the partition? >> >> Best wishes, >> Simon. >> >> N.B I have concatenated the pertinent text files, and for the sda-mbr I >> have only provided the output of the 'file' command. >> >> # cd 2009-08-20-20-WXP.img/ >> # ls -l >> total 13422508 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5927 2009-08-21 04:28 Info-dmi.txt >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26020 2009-08-21 04:28 Info-lshw.txt >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287 2009-08-21 04:28 Info-packages.txt >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 2009-08-21 04:28 parts >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:20 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.aa >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:22 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.ab >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:23 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.ac >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:24 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.ad >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:25 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.ae >> -rw------- 1 root root 2097152000 2009-08-21 04:27 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.af >> -rw------- 1 root root 1148233660 2009-08-21 04:27 >> sda1.ntfs-ptcl-img.uncomp.ag >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 2009-08-21 04:19 sda-chs.sf >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-08-21 04:19 sda-mbr >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 707 2009-08-21 04:19 sda-pt.parted >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 412 2009-08-21 04:19 sda-pt.sf >> >> -- >> #cat sda-pt.sf >> # partition table of /dev/sda >> unit: sectors >> >> /dev/sda1 : start= 63, size= 26892747, Id= 7, bootable >> /dev/sda2 : start=132022170, size= 80839080, Id= f >> /dev/sda3 : start= 26892810, size=105129360, Id=83 >> /dev/sda4 : start=212861250, size= 21559230, Id=bf >> /dev/sda5 : start=132022233, size= 626472, Id=83 >> /dev/sda6 : start=132648768, size= 76035582, Id=83 >> /dev/sda7 : start=208684413, size= 4176837, Id=83 >> >> -- >> # cat sda-pt.parted >> Model: ATA ST9120821AS (scsi) >> Disk /dev/sda: 234441648s >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >> Partition Table: msdos >> >> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >> 1 63s 26892809s 26892747s primary ntfs boot >> 3 26892810s 132022169s 105129360s primary >> 2 132022170s 212861249s 80839080s extended lba >> 5 132022233s 132648704s 626472s logical ext3 >> 6 132648768s 208684349s 76035582s logical ext3 >> 7 208684413s 212861249s 4176837s logical ext3 >> 4 212861250s 234420479s 21559230s primary ext3 >> >> -- >> # cat sda-chs.sf >> cylinders=14593 >> heads=255 >> sectors=63 >> >> -- >> # cat parts >> sda1 >> >> -- >> # cat Info-packages.txt >> Image was saved by these Clonezilla-related packages: >> drbl-1.9.4-47 clonezilla-2.3.3-68 mkswap-uuid-0.1.1-1 >> drbl-partimage-0.6.7-1drbl drbl-ntfsprogs-2.0.0-4 partclone-0.1.1-15 >> drbl-chntpw-0.0.20040818-7 drbl-lzop-1.02-0.8drbl pigz-2.1.4-1drbl >> pbzip2-1.0.5-1drbl udpcast-20081213-1drbl >> >> -- >> # file sda-mbr >> sda-mbr: x86 boot sector; partition 2: ID=0xf, starthead 254, startsector >> 132022170, 80839080 sectors; partition 3: ID=0x83, starthead 254, >> startsector 26892810, 105129360 sectors; partition 4: ID=0xbf, starthead >> 254, startsector 212861250, 21559230 sectors, code offset 0x48, OEM-ID " >> 3.0úü¾", Bytes/sector 191, sectors/cluster 6, reserved sectors 51340, FATs >> 142, root entries 35280, sectors 36596 (volumes <=32 MB) , Media >> descriptor 0xc0, sectors/FAT 55438, hidden sectors 3914966515, sectors >> 3036383744 (volumes > 32 MB) , physical drive 0x2, reserved 0xcd, dos < >> 4.0 BootSector (0x16) >> >> >> >> -- >> Simon Loewenthal >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> Simon Loewenthal >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. 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