clonezilla broken

[Xenaflux]

Installed clonezilla on my desktop and my laptop

Both:
No entry in the menu
no result from command line

Install error log:
While installing package ypbind-1.31-1pclos2010:

Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 3
Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 4
Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 5
Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 3
Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 4
Warning: rpcbind is needed by ypbind in runlevel 5
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 3
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 4
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 5
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 3
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 4
Warning: netfs is needed by ypbind in runlevel 5

Trying from command line:

[tony@localhost ~]$ clonezilla
bash: clonezilla: command not found

[tony@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# clonezilla
-bash: clonezilla: command not found

Thanks
Xena

[MBantz]

Try and search for drbl-clonezilla (or similar),

cheers,
MBantz

[Yankee]

Trying from command line:

[tony@localhost ~]$ clonezilla
bash: clonezilla: command not found

[tony@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# clonezilla
-bash: clonezilla: command not found

/opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla

If you put the above command in a small script, say,
"clonezillalive" and run from root terminal it appears
to work 100%, at least the clonezilla Live version.

FF

[menotu]

I just installed Clonezilla and drbl and DRBL-Partimage  in a VM and then tried  Ferdes Fides suggestion and it works fine (as root)

/opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla

[Xenaflux]

 

Thanks Guys,
It works the way you suggested. Good to know.
But I always use the LiveCD version.

However, it's still broken, and still has to be fixed.
1-- Entry in the menu
2---Command-line has to be simply " clonezilla ". no more.

Think about the average beginner's or windows user's mental health please.

Thanks
Xena

[MBantz]

Thanks Guys,
It works the way you suggested. Good to know.
But I always use the LiveCD version.

However, it's still broken, and still has to be fixed.
1-- Entry in the menu
2---Command-line has to be simply " clonezilla ". no more.

Think about the average beginner's or windows user's mental health please.

Thanks
Xena

Clonezilla is not broken. A broken package is an rpm file that cannot install because of dependencies not being met.

You are asking for menu entries and other adaptations - these can be packaged if the packager chooses to, it's not a requirement.

I have built clonezilla as part of the drbl-suite hence the naming - and clonezilla is called properly from drbl.

When updating drbl, I, or another packager, can add a menu entry and make sure the drbl-version of clonezilla is usable as a standalone application,

cheers,
MBantz

[Yankee]

I have built clonezilla as part of the drbl-suite hence the naming - and clonezilla is called properly from drbl.
 

I think the point is not everyone uses drbl-clonezilla.   Clonezilla-Live is
included in that suite, fully operational. 

My idea is include a script in the package allowing someone to call
Clonezilla-Live only from usr/bin or usr/sbin.   Most people just
want to type clonezilla in root terminal and be on with Clonezila-Live.

Great package otherwise.

THX.

FF

[djohnston]

My idea is include a script in the package allowing someone to call
Clonezilla-Live only from usr/bin or usr/sbin.   Most people just
want to type clonezilla in root terminal and be on with Clonezila-Live.

I'm not sure how you're launching it on your (previous) remaster. But, I have it installed on my LXDE desktop, and it works fine. Except ... to see all the dialogs, I need the terminal window to be full screen. If I remember correctly, it runs full screen on the ClonezillaCD.

Anyway, the program has to be run as root.

darrel@AMD64:  53 items 708Kb -> /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla

[darrel] You need to run this script "clonezilla" as root.

darrel@AMD64:  53 items 708Kb ->

I created a desktop file for it and saved it in ~/.local/share/applications. The menu entry is in File Tools. Contents of the desktop file are below.

Code: [Select]

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Clonezilla
Name[en_US]=Clonezilla
GenericName=Clonezilla
Comment=Clone Drives & Partitions
Comment[en_US]=Clone Drives & Partitions
Exec=gksu "lxterminal -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"
Icon=/usr/share/gdm/themes/drbl-gdm/clonezilla/ocslogo-1.png
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=GTK;GNOME;Utility;X-MandrivaLinux-System-FileTools;
StartupNotify=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.18
You could, of course, put a shell script in /bin or /sbin or /usr/bin or /usr/sbin.

[daniel]

try

Exec=gksu "xterm -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

and all DE's would work with it

not only LXDE

Exec=gksu "lxterminal -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

 

[Yankee]

I created a desktop file for it and saved it in ~/.local/share/applications. The menu entry is in File Tools. Contents of the desktop file are below.

Thanks for the response(s).

I'll set that up later on my machine but I tend to put it in
"Archiving" with the rest of those programs.

regards,

FF

[djohnston]

try

Exec=gksu "xterm -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

and all DE's would work with it

But, I don't like xterm. It's not pretty and doesn't do transparency.   

[djohnston]

try

Exec=gksu "xterm -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

and all DE's would work with it

 

@FerdesFides,

Might as well add one more switch to xterm.

Exec=gksu "xterm -fullscreen -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

EDIT: <OR> Exec=gksu "xterm -maximized -e /opt/drbl/sbin/clonezilla"

[Phil]

Question - I run clonezilla regularly from a live cd/usb to backup my / sda1.

If I install clonezilla I presume this will be running off a working system on / sda1. Will this still be good to backup / sda1 while the system is running? I presume not.

[djohnston]

Question - I run clonezilla regularly from a live cd/usb to backup my / sda1.

If I install clonezilla I presume this will be running off a working system on / sda1. Will this still be good to backup / sda1 while the system is running? I presume not.

The partition to be imaged or cloned has to be unmounted. So, you are correct.

[Xenaflux]

sorry to bring this up again.
There is still no way for the end user or a beginner to use clonezilla as they are used in the past and/or other distros.
( and yes, it works on above mentioned ways )

Please, adding an entry in the menu should not be that difficult !

Or is it ?

Xena