Making a Clonezilla usb drive on Slackware 14.2

Slackovado · 04-30-2019, 04:57 PM

the makeboot.sh script is ending with error
On x86-64 system, you should install libc6-i386 (for Debian/Ubuntu) or glibc.i686 (for Fedora/CentOS/OpenSuSE) package so that the required libraries to run 32-bit program /tmp/linux_tmp.seelbT/syslinux exist.

And when I try to run the Slackware syslinux
/usr/bin/syslinux -d /media/sdf1-usb-_USB_DISK_3.0_07/syslinux -f -i /dev/sdf1
s:/media/sdf1-usb-_USB_DISK_3.0_07/syslinux/ldlinux.sys: no match for target
/usr/bin/syslinux: warning: unable to move ldlinux.sys

I get the above error.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

linus72 · 04-30-2019, 05:22 PM

Yeah I do this all the time
Mount your usb and find out mount point with fdisk -l as root
mine is sdc1

syslinux -sf /dev/sdc1

s= slow and stupid, f= force. Usually you wont need -f

thats it

linus72 · 04-30-2019, 05:27 PM

Additionally if you havent installed clonezilla to usb just mount your usb and then mount your iso of clonezilla, copy contents of iso to usb, then install syslinux

example assuming usb is sdc1, clonezilla iso is clonezilla-version.iso and assuming usb is not auto mounted and assuming clonezilla-version.iso is in /home/user_name/Downloads

Code:

mkdir /mnt/usb
mkdir /mnt/iso

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb
mount -o loop /home/user_name/Downloads/clonezilla-version.iso /mnt/iso
cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb
syslinux -s /dev/sdc1

just copy and paste that into terminal as root you're good to go.

Note: if using syslinux in slackware it differs from one used in clonezilla live so you either need to install syslinux from a debian install or livecd/usb or manually enter the boot mode you want at error code prompt when booting.
Usually it'll say it cant find some lib32 something or it cant find vesamenu.c32
If it does that just view the syslinux.cfg/isolinux.cfg and enter entry you want to boot at prompt.

the newest Clonezilla default boot is

Code:

Clonezilla live

and it'll boot

linus72 · 04-30-2019, 05:51 PM

Im gonna try it on my 14.2 install right now we'll see using newest clonezilla...

linus72 · 04-30-2019, 06:25 PM

OK I got it, clonezilla live wont boot off my fat32 usb using slackware's syslinux until you do this

You gotta copy chain.c32, isolinux.bin, menu.c32, and vesamenu.c32 from /usr/share/syslinux to /mnt/usb/syslinux then it'll boot fine.
Assuming usb is mounted at /mnt/usb, and you're using 14.2 to install syslinux and that clonezilla live is on /mnt/usb (dev/sdc1)

Code:

cp -r /usr/share/syslinux/chain.c32 /mnt/usb
cp -r /usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin /mnt/usb
cp -r /usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32 /mnt/usb
cp -r /usr/share/syslinux/vesamenu.c32 /mnt/usb

then install syslinux

Code:

syslinux -sf /dev/sdc1

BAM!
I suspect you may only have to copy isolinux.bin to usb and/or both isolinux.bin, vesamenu.c32
NOTE:
Both my MultiDistro Live 1 and 2 contain Clonezilla live plus lots of other cool stuff like my Slacker/Stretch/Buster remasters, Puppy, System Rescue CD, all kinds of stuff
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lin...s/Multidistro/

Gordie · 04-30-2019, 06:34 PM

Just one of the few I find I'll have less trouble when I use Unetbootin to make the disk

linus72 · 04-30-2019, 07:08 PM

Thats true but Unetbootin usually does not get all the boot options right, it's general purpose,