Boot Clonezilla ISO from GRUB2 Menu

Question

I want to use the most current Clonezilla iso file to backup the partition that contains the Ubuntu operating system that is stored on partition one of my computer's hard drive and I want to be able to boot the iso file from the Grub2 menu.

How would I set this up?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '16 at 21:08

Put Clonezilla ISO file in root / directory.
Open the terminal and run:
```
sudo nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom
```

Insert the following text at the end of the file:

menuentry "Clonezilla Live" {
 set isofile="/clonezilla-live-2.2.3-10-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,1)$isofile
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live live-config nolocales edd=on nomodeset
ocs_live_run=\"ocs-live-general\" ocs_live_extra_param=\"\"   ocs_live_keymap=\"\" ocs_live_batch=\"no\" ocs_lang=\"\" vga=788   ip=frommedia nosplash toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=$isofile
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

Save file, exit and open GRUB's config file:
```
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
```

Comment out the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 so it looks like:

#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

Make sure that the line GRUB_TIMEOUT=[some number] has a number >0, for example, 10

Save file and exit and run
```
sudo update-grub2
```

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

⠀- /clonezilla-live-2.2.3.10-amd64.iso -- change the name of iso file to match the one you have.

⠀- (hd0,1) may be different for you depending on how you installed Ubuntu.

(hdX,Y) X = hard drive #, Y = partition.

⠀You can also see my YouTube video for the above procedure: Boot Clonezilla ISO from Grub2 Menu.

Regarding your YouTube video take a look at: What is the difference between “gksudo nautilus” and “sudo nautilus”?. The same applies to opening gedit as root. I hope this helps the next time you make another video to upload to YouTube. — karel, Jul 01 '14 at 05:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

1

I tried the solution provided by JJ Avila but modification in /etc/grub.d/40_custom didn't worked for me. This what i've done.

Copy clonezilla iso to / (root) directory

sudo cp /path/to/your_clonezilla_iso /
Run sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom

EDIT:

menuentry "Clonezilla live" {
set isofile="/clonezilla-live-20160503-xenial-i386.iso"
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap nolocales edd=on nomodeset nodmraid ocs_live_run=\"ocs-live-general\" ocs_live_extra_param=\"\" keyboard-layouts= ocs_live_batch=\"no\" locales= vga=788 ip=frommedia nosplash toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=$isofile
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

save & exit.

Run sudo update-grub2

NOTE: iso in root directory that's why

set isofile="/clonezilla-live-20160503-xenial-i386.iso"

(Here change name of your iso)

REFERENCE: Clonezilla Live on Hard Drive

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

1

answered May 09 '16 at 08:15

d a i s y

5,511

Don't post your Q as an A. Clonezilla ISO structure was modified. It seems like they are using isohybrid now. I suspect that reference is outdated now. – mlt Jul 26 '16 at 23:48
Though, here is the thread from SystemRescueCD on HybridISO that might be relevant. – mlt Jul 27 '16 at 17:44
1

@mlt: To me it looks like Lnux wanted to post their own version of a working answer since the existing one didn't work for them. – David Foerster Nov 14 '16 at 02:22
1

I believe David is correct. – Thomas Ward Nov 15 '16 at 00:17
1

This worked for me. The other answer did not. – Organic Marble Apr 28 '17 at 17:19
@OrganicMarble Great to hear :) – d a i s y Apr 29 '17 at 03:27
@mlt This is not a question. The reference is not outdated and i already post the essential parts of it in answer. – d a i s y Apr 29 '17 at 04:06
Who voted to delete this post? Any specific reason? – d a i s y Apr 29 '17 at 04:07

Boot Clonezilla ISO from GRUB2 Menu

2 Answers2

Linked