Yes, sometimes it's possible to do it anyway. However, it's not always true. That's why it's a warning.
Steven. Carl Karsten wrote: > It seemed to suggest it would do it anyway. > > > > Steven Shiau wrote: >> Hi Carl, >> "Checking file system integrity in /dev/sda2... >> The file system in /dev/sda2 is unclean! >> It's recommended to boot the template machine into GNU/Linux to let it >> be fixed automatically or use fsck (such as fsck.ext3, >> fsck.reiserfs...) to fix /dev/sda2! Clonezilla still can save the >> image, but it is not recommended to continue. If you want to quit now, >> press Ctrl-C." >> >> Same for sda3. I think that's why partimage went wrong. >> Two solutions: >> 1. Follow the above instruction to fix the file system. >> 2. Try to use option "-q2" (i.e. use partclone instead of partimage). >> >> Steven. >> >> >> Carl Karsten wrote: >>> I have a 40g disk with 300 mb of linux and some media files on it. >>> tried to back it up, cz didn't error, but it didn't seem to write >>> enough data either. hoping you can see what the problem is. the >>> dirty fs might be it, but I'll stop guessing now. >>> >>> Carl K >>> >>> >>> r...@dhcp63:~# clonezilla >>> Clonezilla mode is device-image >>> ocsroot device is local_dev >>> Collecting the disk info in this machine... >>> Preparing the mount point /home/partimag... >>> If you want to use USB device as Clonezilla image repository, please >>> insert USB device into this machine *now*. Wait for about 5 secs then >>> press Enter key so that the OS can detect the USB device and later we >>> can mount it as /home/partimag. >>> Press "Enter" to continue...... >>> Mounting local dev as /home/partimag... >>> Excluding busy partition or disk... >>> Getting /dev/sda2 info... >>> Getting /dev/sda3 info... >>> Getting /dev/sdb1 info... >>> /dev/sdb1 filesystem: ntfs >>> ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /tmp/local-dev >>> Scanning dir /tmp/local-dev........... done! >>> The file system disk space usage >>> *****************************************************. >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >>> tmpfs 497M 0 497M 0% /lib/init/rw >>> /proc 0 0 0 - /proc >>> sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys >>> varrun 497M 40K 497M 1% /var/run >>> varlock 497M 0 497M 0% /var/lock >>> udev 497M 40K 497M 1% /dev >>> tmpfs 497M 0 497M 0% /dev/shm >>> devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts >>> rootfs 497M 3.4M 494M 1% / >>> fusectl 0 0 0 - /sys/fs/fuse/connections >>> 192.168.1.7:/var/lib/tftpboot/util/cz/exper/ >>> 103M 103M 0 100% /live/image >>> tmpfs 497M 3.4M 494M 1% /live/cow >>> tmpfs 497M 0 497M 0% /live >>> /dev/sdb1 466G 49G 418G 11% /tmp/local-dev >>> /tmp/local-dev/lf 466G 49G 418G 11% /home/partimag >>> *****************************************************. >>> Press "Enter" to continue...... >>> done! >>> Setting the TERM as xterm >>> Choose the mode for ocs-sr >>> clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag >>> *****************************************************. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Collecting the disk info in this machine... >>> Excluding busy partition or disk... >>> Selected device [sda] found! >>> The selected devices: sda >>> Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager >>> Finished Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager >>> clonezilla image dir: /home/partimag >>> *****************************************************. >>> *****************************************************. >>> PS. Next time you can run this command directly: >>> /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr -q -c -j2 -z3 -i 0 -p true -p true savedisk >>> "2009-02-08-16-img" "sda" >>> This command is also saved as this file name for later use if >>> necessary: /tmp/ocs-2009-02-08-16-img-2009-02-08-16-25 >>> Press "Enter" to continue... >>> Activating the partition info in /proc... done! >>> Selected device [sda] found! >>> The selected devices: sda >>> Searching for data partition(s)... >>> Excluding busy partition or disk... >>> Unmouted partitions (including extended or swap): sda1 sda2 sda3 >>> Collecting info.... done! >>> Searching for swap partition(s)... >>> Excluding busy partition or disk... >>> Unmouted partitions (including extended or swap): sda1 sda2 sda3 >>> Collecting info.... done! >>> The data partition to be saved: sda2 sda3 >>> The swap partition to be saved: sda1 >>> Activating the partition info in /proc... done! >>> Selected device [sda2] found! >>> Selected device [sda3] found! >>> The selected devices: sda2 sda3 >>> Getting /dev/sda2 info... >>> Getting /dev/sda3 info... >>> *****************************************************. >>> The following step is to save the harddisk/partition(s) in this >>> machine as image: >>> *****************************************************. >>> Machine: >>> sda (40.0GB_Hitachi_HTS54164_SB2A04SKC04SRE) >>> sda2 (4294MB_ext3(In_Hitachi_HTS54164)_SB2A04SKC04SRE) >>> sda3 (34.6GB_ext3(In_Hitachi_HTS54164)_SB2A04SKC04SRE) >>> *****************************************************. >>> -> "/home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img". >>> Are you sure you want to continue ? ? (y/n) y >>> OK, let's do it!! >>> Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager >>> Finished Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager >>> Checking the integrity of partition table in the disk /dev/sda... >>> Reading the partition table for /dev/sda...RETVAL=0 >>> *****************************************************. >>> The first partition of disk /dev/sda starts at 63. >>> Saving the hidden data between MBR (1st sector, i.e. 512 bytes) and >>> 1st partition, which might be useful for some recovery tool, by: >>> dd if=/dev/sda >>> of=/home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/sda-hidden-data-after-mbr skip=1 >>> bs=512 count=62 >>> 62+0 records in >>> 62+0 records out >>> 31744 bytes (32 kB) copied, 0.0570523 s, 556 kB/s >>> *****************************************************. >>> done! >>> Saving the MBR data for sda... >>> 1+0 records in >>> 1+0 records out >>> 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.000634618 s, 807 kB/s >>> *****************************************************. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Starting saving /dev/sda2 as >>> /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/sda2.XXX... >>> /dev/sda2 filesystem: ext3. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Checking file system integrity in /dev/sda2... >>> The file system in /dev/sda2 is unclean! >>> It's recommended to boot the template machine into GNU/Linux to let >>> it be fixed automatically or use fsck (such as fsck.ext3, >>> fsck.reiserfs...) to fix /dev/sda2! Clonezilla still can save the >>> image, but it is not recommended to continue. If you want to quit >>> now, press Ctrl-C. >>> Press "Enter" to continue...... >>> done! >>> Use lzop to compress the image. >>> Image will not be split. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Volume size: 0 bytes (0 MiB) >>> partimage: status: initializing the operation. >>> partimage: status: Partimage: 0.6.1 >>> partimage: status: Image type: NONE >>> partimage: status: Saving partition to the image file... >>> partimage: status: reading partition properties >>> >>> >>> partimage: status: commiting buffer cache to disk. >>> >>> Time elapsed: 1.35 secs (~ .022 mins) >>> *****************************************************. >>> Finished saving /dev/sda2 as /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/sda2.XXX >>> *****************************************************. >>> *****************************************************. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Starting saving /dev/sda3 as >>> /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/sda3.XXX... >>> /dev/sda3 filesystem: ext3. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Checking file system integrity in /dev/sda3... >>> The file system in /dev/sda3 is unclean! >>> It's recommended to boot the template machine into GNU/Linux to let >>> it be fixed automatically or use fsck (such as fsck.ext3, >>> fsck.reiserfs...) to fix /dev/sda3! Clonezilla still can save the >>> image, but it is not recommended to continue. If you want to quit >>> now, press Ctrl-C. >>> Press "Enter" to continue...... >>> done! >>> Use lzop to compress the image. >>> Image will not be split. >>> *****************************************************. >>> Volume size: 0 bytes (0 MiB) >>> partimage: status: initializing the operation. >>> partimage: status: Partimage: 0.6.1 >>> partimage: status: Image type: NONE >>> partimage: status: Saving partition to the image file... >>> partimage: status: reading partition properties >>> >>> >>> partimage: status: commiting buffer cache to disk. >>> >>> Time elapsed: 6.00 secs (~ .100 mins) >>> *****************************************************. >>> Finished saving /dev/sda3 as /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/sda3.XXX >>> *****************************************************. >>> Saving hardware info... >>> Saving DMI info... >>> Saving package info... >>> Saving package info... >>> *****************************************************. >>> Saving swap partition sda1 info in >>> /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/swappt-sda1.info if it exists... >>> Saving swap /dev/sda1 info in >>> /home/partimag/2009-02-08-16-img/swappt-sda1.info... >>> *****************************************************. >>> ***************************************************** >>> ***************************************************** >>> This program is not started by Clonezilla server, so skip notifying >>> it the job is done. >>> Finished! >>> Now syncing - flush filesystem buffers... >>> >>> r...@dhcp63:~# >>> >>> r...@dhcp63:/tmp/local-dev/lf/2009-02-08-16-img# ls -l >>> total 61 >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2009-02-08 16:26 disk >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6478 2009-02-08 16:26 Info-dmi.txt >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13635 2009-02-08 16:26 Info-lshw.txt >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 261 2009-02-08 16:26 Info-packages.txt >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-02-08 16:26 parts >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 461 2009-02-08 16:26 sda2 >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 459 2009-02-08 16:26 sda3 >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2009-02-08 16:26 sda-chs.sf >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31744 2009-02-08 16:26 sda-hidden-data-after-mbr >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 512 2009-02-08 16:26 sda-mbr >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 403 2009-02-08 16:26 sda-pt.parted >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 259 2009-02-08 16:26 sda-pt.sf >>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 2009-02-08 16:26 swappt-sda1.info >>> >>> >>> r...@dhcp63:/tmp/local-dev/lf/2009-02-08-16-img# sfdisk -l >>> >>> Disk /dev/sda: 4864 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track >>> Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting >>> from 0 >>> >>> Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System >>> /dev/sda1 0+ 130 131- 1052226 82 Linux swap / >>> Solaris >>> /dev/sda2 * 131 652 522 4192965 83 Linux >>> /dev/sda3 653 4863 4211 33824857+ 83 Linux >>> /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>> >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 60801 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track >>> Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting >>> from 0 >>> >>> Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System >>> /dev/sdb1 0+ 60800 60801- 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS >>> /dev/sdb2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>> /dev/sdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>> /dev/sdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with >>> Adobe(R)AIR(TM) >>> software. 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