Hi Bob,
OK, I confirmed this issue.
This is due to Fedora has an extra path (/root/) for the root files
system in the root partition.
We will fix this in the next release.
Steven
On 10/21/2023 1:09 PM, Bob Bobsled wrote:
Hi,
re: Clonezilla not copying grub2 boot files on fedora38
I have a single 500 gb LVM2 partition with /root, /swap, /opt, & /home
blocks. It uses a bios boot and the Grub2 the /boot files are a
subdirectory of Grub and not part of the partition. Nothing fancy.
$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 465.8G 0 part
├─fedora-root 253:0 0 65.2G 0 lvm /
├─fedora-swap 253:1 0 10.2G 0 lvm [SWAP]
├─fedora-opt 253:2 0 177G 0 lvm /opt
└─fedora-home 253:3 0 213.4G 0 lvm /home
sdb 8:16 1 0B 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: ST500LM021-1KJ15
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x2789b2c4
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 976773119 976771072 465.8G 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-root: 65.2 GiB, 70002933760 bytes, 136724480
sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-swap: 10.25 GiB, 11001659392 bytes, 21487616
sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-opt: 176.95 GiB, 190001971200 bytes, 371097600
sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-home: 213.36 GiB, 229097078784 bytes,
447455232 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
-----------------------------------
[root@localhost /]# ls
1 bin dev home lib64 media opt root sbin sys usr
afs boot etc lib lost+found mnt proc run srv tmp var
boot dir files listing. These are the files that aren't cloned.
$ cd /boot
$ ls
config-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
config-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
config-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
efi
grub2
initramfs-0-rescue-44ef4c4daaf947fa96e409b2dc467b07.img
initramfs-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64.img
initramfs-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64.img
initramfs-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64.img
initrd-plymouth.img
loader
symvers-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
symvers-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
symvers-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64.xz
System.map-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
System.map-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
System.map-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
vmlinuz-0-rescue-44ef4c4daaf947fa96e409b2dc467b07
vmlinuz-6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64
vmlinuz-6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64
vmlinuz-6.5.6-200.fc38.x86_64
Although there's an efi dir and efi files, I believe it's still using
legacy boot (bios).
On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:20 PM Steven Shiau <ste...@narlabs.org.tw>
wrote:
Could you please share the partition table of your fedora 38?
BTW, is this a legacy BIOS or uEFI boot machine?
Steven
On 2023/10/8 05:42, Bob Bobsled wrote:
> Clonezilla was working fine to make a bootable usb backup of
fedora 37
> but stopped working when I upgraded to fedora 38. Perhaps has to do
> do with Grub2?
>
> I have a single 500 gb LVM2 partition with /root, /swap, /opt, &
/home
> blocks. I don't really understand Grub2 but apparently the /boot
> files are a subdirectory of Grub and not part of the partition?
>
> These are the config, initramfs, System.map, and vmlinuz files
needed
> for booting.
>
> I've tried cloning the drive 3 times using the latest Clonezilla
live,
> using disk to disk to try to make a backup on an external usb drive.
>
> The clone is successful, but none of the boot files ever get
cloned,
> and thus the usb is not bootable nor mountable because it
doesn't have
> a file system without the boot files. Therefore in the event
of of
> main disk corruption, crash, etc. and the need to restore from the
> USB, it wouldn't work because there are no boot files cloned to
the usb.
>
> So how would I go about making a useable backup disk with
Clonezilla
> given the grub2 problems I've encountered?
>
> Thank you,
> Bob
>
>
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