P.S.: I'm one step ahead. When selecting the second of the "HDD manufacturer Name" GRUB2 boot options I'm getting a "GRUB shell". No idea how to proceed or why this boot sequence differs from USB flash disk sequence.
Regards, Michael Am 18.06.2016 um 09:11 schrieb Michael_OF: > Hi all! > > > I'm trying Clonezilla for the first time after reading a lot about it. > Downloaded the clonezilla-live-2.4.6-25-amd64.zip Live ZIP file. > My system is set to UEFI boot, OS is OpenSuse Leap 42.1. > > Installed first on an usb stick (flash drive). > --> WORKS FINE <-- > When system initially start to boot, "F8" leads to a boot menu, where the > Clonezilla Live usb stick is shown as an UEFI > boot option with the name of the usb stick's manufacturer. Selecting it, > boots Clonezilla Live. > > > > Tried the same to install on a partition on the designated backup usb hdd, > following the doc on > http://clonezilla.org/liveusb.php, "GNU/Linux Method B: Manual". > --> DOES NOT BOOT <-- > When system initially start to boot, "F8" leads to a boot menu. > Doing this the with the USB disk plugged in for the FIRST TIME, my system > detects 2 additional (new) UEFI boot options, > both with the name of the disk manufacturer (HGST). When selecting one of > these uefi boot options, screen goes black > for a short moment, and then the uefi based grub2 menu of my system's ssd > starts, with the OpenSuse system. > This happens ONLY ONCE, when rebooting (even after a power off), DOES NOT > show again the two usb hdd uefi boot options > anymore. > > Any ideas why my usb hdd does not boot the Clonezilla live system? > > Clonezilla's doc says: "Ensure that the partition starts on a cylinder > boundary" - how do I check this?? > > FYI: Output of "sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb" > > Festplatte /dev/sdb: 3,7 TiB, 4000786149376 Bytes, 976754431 Sektoren > Einheiten: Sektoren von 1 * 4096 = 4096 Bytes > Sektorgröße (logisch/physikalisch): 4096 Bytes / 4096 Bytes > E/A-Größe (minimal/optimal): 4096 Bytes / 4096 Bytes > Festplattenbezeichnungstyp: dos > Festplattenbezeichner: 0xf5c3715a > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sdb1 63 976575347 976575285 3,7T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > /dev/sdb2 * 976575488 976754430 178943 699M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) > > > FYI also: The 699M EFI partition was created after the NTFS partition > (/dev/sdb1) was shrinked from "whole disk" to the > current size. Both the NTFS and the EFI FAT32 partition, or exactly their > file systems, have been checked with MS WIN > "CHKDSK /F", no errors found for both. > > > Any hints would be great !!! > > Regards, > Michael > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohomanageengine _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live