Package: live—boot
Version: clonezilla-live-20210609-hirsute-amd64
Machine: mac-mini 2018, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Created the usb on Windows using Rufus 3.14 and on Linux using the following
procedure:
GNU/Linux Method A: Manual
*WARNING!* Confirm you have the correct path name before executing
commands!
Failure to do so could cause loss of data or your GNU/Linux not to boot!!!
*/dev/sdd* is a device path name
*/dev/sdd1* is a partition path name
1. Download <https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php> the Clonezilla Live
*zip* file.
2. If you already have a FAT or NTFS partition on your USB flash drive
then skip to the next step (3).
Otherwise prepare at least a 500 MB partition formatted with either
a FAT16/FAT32 or NTFS file system.
If the USB flash drive or USB hard drive does not have any
partition, you can use a partitioning tool (e.g. gparted, parted,
fdisk, cfdisk or sfdisk) to create a partition with a size of 500 MB
or more.
Here we assume your USB flash drive or USB hard drive is /dev/sdd
(You have to comfirm your device name, since it's _NOT_ always
/dev/sdd) on your GNU/Linux, so the partition table is like:
# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
Disk /dev/sdd: 12.8 GB, 12884901888 bytes
15 heads, 63 sectors/track, 26630 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 = 483840 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c2aa7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 26630 12582643+ b W95 FAT32
Then format the partition as FAT with a command such as "mkfs.vfat
-F 32 /dev/sdd1"
*WARNING!* Executing the mkfs.vfat command on the wrong partition or
device could cause your GNU/Linux not to boot. Be sure to confirm
the command before you run it.
# mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdd1
mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
3. Insert your USB flash drive or USB hard drive into the USB port on
your Linux machine and wait a few seconds. Next, run the command
"dmesg" to query the device name of the USB flash drive or USB hard
drive. Let's say, for example, that you find it is /dev/sdd1. In
this example, we assume /dev/sdd1 has FAT filesystem, and it is
automatically mounted in dir /media/usb/. If it's not automatically
mounted, manually mount it with commands such as "mkdir -p
/media/usb; mount /dev/sdd1 /media/usb/".
4. Unzip all the files and copy them into your USB flash drive or USB
hard drive. You can do this with a command such as: "unzip
clonezilla-live-2.4.2-32-i686-pae.zip -d /media/usb/"). Keep the
directory architecture, for example, file "GPL" should be in the USB
flash drive or USB hard drive's top directory (e.g. /media/usb/GPL).
5. To make your USB flash drive bootable, first change the working dir,
e.g. "cd /media/usb/utils/linux", then run "bash makeboot.sh
/dev/sdd1" (replace /dev/sdd1 with your USB flash drive device
name), and follow the prompts.
*WARNING!* Executing makeboot.sh with the wrong device name could
cause your GNU/Linux not to boot. Be sure to confirm the command
before you run it.
The messages are the same in both cases:
This Live System image failed to boot.
Please file a bug against the 'live—boot' package or email the Debian Live
mailing list at (debian—livefllists.debian.org>, making sure to note the
exact version, name and distribution of the image you were attempting to boot.
The file /boot.log contains some debugging information but booting with the
debug command-line parameter will greatly increase its verbosity which is
extremely useful when diagnosing issues.
live-boot will now start a shell. The error message was:
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
BusyBox v1.30.1 ( Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-6ubuntu2) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs) help
There is no way to see the contents of boot.log at the (initramfs) prompt
and the file is gone after rebooting linux so what it contained is anyone's
guess.
Also, there is no guidance about how or where to add the debug command-line
parameter so, not being a mind-reader, I didn't so that.
Thank you,
Dan Essin
