Clonezilla Bootable CD

While using an imaging server is very convenient and fast in an office, an imaging server is not practical when working at a client site. For mobile imaging, you can use an external CD-ROM and an external hard drive. The Clonezilla CD is also a good option when only one or two machines need imaging.

=Using a Generic Clonezilla CD and External Hard Drive= Download a Clonezilla CD (92.3MB)
 * md5sum 0a33d73791d51aebafc5ad7da3d78b8b
 * Note: This CD does NOT have any computer images

(You can download directly from the clonezilla site instead if you want to use the newest version of clonezilla.

Creating an Image by Copying an Image from a Computer to an External Hard Drive
To create an image, you must have a clonezilla CD and an external hard drive or large capacity USB stick (OS sizes will differ greatly. IDL is under 1 GB, while Windows XP can be several gigabites.) These instructions will for both Linux and Windows operating systems.
 * 1) Boot from the Clonezilla CD
 * 2) Plug in an external hard drive
 * 3) Choose the default option "Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 1024X768)"[[image:clonezillaCD-01.gif|none|400px]]
 * 4) Choose the language settings for Clonezilla, English
 * 5) Under Configure console-data, choose Don't touch keymap
 * 6) Choose Start_Clonezilla Start Clonezilla[[image:ClonezillaCD-02.gif|none|400px]]


 * 1) When prompted, be sure to select "Expert" mode.

* Uncheck -c, -r, -e and if showing -e1 and -e2. * Do check -nogui
 * 1) Choose device-image disk/partition to/from image [[image:ClonezillaCD-03.gif|none|700px]]
 * 2) On the Mount Clonezilla Image Directory screen, Clonezilla needs to know where to put the image it will create. Clonezilla can copy the image to another computer on a network.  However, this method can be very complicated.  The easiest way is to copy the image to an external hard drive, by selecting local_dev Use local device (Ex: hard drive, USB drive) [[image:ClonezillaCD-04.gif|none|700px]]
 * 3) Verify the external hard drive is plugged into the computer. Wait 10 seconds. Press Enter
 * 4) Clonezilla needs to know where the external hard drive is located. Typically, Clonezilla will display all the drives it finds, including the drives of the computer.  The computer's drive is usually listed as sda1 or hda1.  Most of the time, the last option listed is the external hard drive, usually listed as sdb1, if the computer you are cloning only has one hard drive.  Looking at the hard drive size can help determine which drive is the computer's and which drive is the external hard drive's.  Select the external hard drive.[[image:ClonezillaCD-05.gif|none|700px]]
 * 5) Clonezilla needs to know where on the external hard drive to place the image. The easiest place to put the image is on the top level, not in folder.  To copy the image to the top level, not in a folder, choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device [[image:ClonezillaCD-06.gif|none|700px]]
 * 6) Press Enter to continue
 * 7) Clonezilla is asking whether you want to create an image of the computer or put an existing image on the computer. In this case, Clonezilla will create an image of the computer and put that image on an external hard drive.  Choose Savedisk Save_local_disk_as_an_image[[image:ClonezillaCD-07.gif|none|700px]]
 * 8) Give the image name, which should include the operating system name, size of the computer hard drive, customer (if the image is custom) and any other relevant information.[[image:ClonezillaCD-08.gif|none|400px]]
 * 9) Choose which hard drive to copy. If the computer only has one hard drive, only one option will be listed.[[image:ClonezillaCD-09.gif|none|700px]]
 * 10) Clonezilla is now asking how to create image. Choose -q2[[Image:ClonezillaCD-10.gif|none|700px]]
 * 11) Clonezilla is asking for extra parameters when creating the image:
 * 1) *Note: If the OS on the computer is Windows, also select rm-win-swap-hib
 * 2) Clonezilla is asking which kind of compression to use on the image. Choose -z1 Use gzip compression (fast but smaller image)[[Image:ClonezillaCD-12.gif|none|700px]]
 * 3) Under Clonezilla Advanced Extra Parameters, keep the default, 2000
 * 4) Clonezilla is asking what to do after imaging is complete. It is easiest to have the computer power off after imaging finishes, allowing you to disconnect external DVD-ROMs and hard drives and to change the BIOS, if needed.  Choose -p poweroff Shutdown client after clone finishes[[Image:ClonezillaCD-14.gif|none|400px]]
 * 5) Press Enter to continue
 * 6) Clonezilla will begin creating the image

Copying an Image from an External Hard Drive to a Computer

 * 1) Boot from the Clonezilla CD
 * 2) Plug in an external hard drive
 * 3) Choose the default option "Clonezilla live (Default settings, VGA 1024X768)"[[image:clonezillaCD-01.gif|none|400px]]
 * 4) Choose the language settings for Clonezilla, English
 * 5) Under Configure console-data, choose Don't touch keymap
 * 6) Choose Start_Clonezilla Start Clonezilla[[image:ClonezillaCD-02.gif|none|400px]]
 * 7) Choose device-image disk/partition to/from image [[image:ClonezillaCD-03.gif|none|700px]]
 * 8) On the Mount Clonezilla Image Directory screen, Clonezilla needs to know where to copy the image from. Clonezilla can copy the image to another computer on a network.  However, this method can be very complicated.  The easiest way is to copy the image to an external hard drive, by selecting local_dev Use local device (Ex: hard drive, USB drive) [[image:ClonezillaCD-04.gif|none|700px]]
 * 9) Verify the external hard drive is plugged into the computer. Wait 10 seconds. Press Enter
 * 10) Clonezilla needs to know where the external hard drive is located. Typically, Clonezilla will display all the drives it finds, including the drives of the computer.  The computer's drive is usually listed as sda1 or hda1.  Most of the time, the last option listed is the external hard drive, usually listed as sdb1, if the computer you are cloning only has one hard drive.  Looking at the hard drive size can help determine which drive is the computer's and which drive is the external hard drive's.  Select the external hard drive.[[image:ClonezillaCD-05.gif|none|700px]]
 * 11) *If the external drive is formatted NTFS, Clonezilla will ask you if you are sure you want to continue. Answer y
 * 12) Clonezilla needs to know where on the external hard drive to find the image. The easiest place to find the image is on the top level, not in folder.  If images were placed in folder, you will need to select the proper folder, choose / Top_directory_in_the_local_device [[image:ClonezillaCD-06.gif|none|700px]]
 * 13) Press Enter to continue
 * 14) Clonezilla is asking whether you want to create an image of the computer or put an existing image on the computer. In this case, Clonezilla will create an image of the computer and put that image on an external hard drive. Choose restoredisk restore_an_image_to_local_disk [[image:ClonezillaCD-15.gif|none|700px]]
 * 15) Press Enter to continue
 * 16) Clonezilla will display a list of all the images it sees on the hard drive.[[image:ClonezillaCD-16.gif|none|400px]]
 * 17) Select which hard drive to put the image on. If the computer only has one hard drive, only one choice will be listed.
 * 18) Tell Clonezilla the options/parameters for copying the image on the hard drive. Select -g autoand -nogui. [[image:ClonezillaCD-17.gif|none|700px]]
 * 19) Tell clonezilla additional options for cloning. Choose the blank option, labeled Use the partition table from imag [[image:ClonezillaCD-19.gif|none|700px]]
 * 20) After cloning, tell clonezilla to poweroff, -p poweroff
 * 21) Press Enter
 * 22) Let me ask you again, Are you sure you want to continue?? y and press Enter

=Using Clonezilla with an Image Already Installed= Inveneo has created several bootable Clonezilla DVDs with OS images.
 * Inveneo Desktop Linux
 * Inveneo Hub Linux
 * Xubuntu and Ubuntu

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