Clonezilla+partclone: Error while cloning: partclone.dd: invalid option -- 'z'

[jj05]

Clonezilla recommends partclone. However the version included with Trusty is older and doesn't support the -z option which was added in later version, and thus cloning won't work.

Run partclone: partclone.dd -z 10485760 -N -L /var/log/partclone.log -s /dev/sdc1 --output - | pigz -c --fast -b 1024 -p 16 | split -b 200000000m - /home/partimag/my-image/sdc1.dd-img. 2> /tmp/split_error.ArOosz
partclone.dd: invalid option -- 'z'

Workaround was to install up-to-date .deb packages from Debian:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/partclone
https://packages.debian.org/sid/libntfs10

Trusty includes partclone 0.2.51 however the -z option was only added with version 0.2.61 .

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Georges Khaznadar (georgesk)]

The newest packages from Debian have entered Ubuntu

[jj05 (h-launchpad-jj05)]

It's marked as Fix released, but packages in trusty and utopic are still on 0.2.51.

[Georges Khaznadar (georgesk)]

Dear jj05,

you are right.

However, how can one trigger the migration of the Debian package to
Ubuntu? It has been done automatically in the past, and I did not care
about it.

Best regards, Georges.

jj05 a écrit :
> It's marked as Fix released, but packages in trusty and utopic are still
> on 0.2.51.
>
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> option -- 'z'
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[universa1 (misterxy-b)]

Hello,

the bug is still present as of today :( And the proposed workaround doesn't work either, since that get's me an unsolveable dependency to "libntfs-3g851"

[Georges Khaznadar (georgesk)]

Hello,

I am maintaining partclone for Debian, which provide the version
0.2.73-2. Ubuntu provides an older version, 0.2.51-1u3

I ignore who cares about synchronizing Debian and Ubuntu packages, and I
suspect that the dependency chain provided in the latest package is
safer than the dependencies stated by the outdated package.

Best regards, Georges.

universa1 a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> the bug is still present as of today :( And the proposed workaround
> doesn't work either, since that get's me an unsolveable dependency to
> "libntfs-3g851"
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357949
>
> Title:
> Clonezilla+partclone: Error while cloning: partclone.dd: invalid
> option -- 'z'
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clonezilla/+bug/1357949/+subscriptions
>

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22 rue des mouettes, 59240 Dunkerque France.
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[sef (stace-fauske)]

In 14.04, I had success by changing some lines in this file
/usr/share/drbl/sbin/ocs-functions

= CREATING AN IMAGE FROM HDD =
  Inside function 'save_part_by_partclone' change line from:
cmd_partclone="partclone.${fs_p} $PARTCLONE_SAVE_OPT -L $partclone_img_info_tmp -c -s $source_dev --output - | $compress_prog_opt"

  to:
cmd_partclone="partclone.${fs_p} -N -L $partclone_img_info_tmp -c -s $source_dev --output - | $compress_prog_opt"

= RESTORING AN IMAGE TO HDD =
  Inside function 'unicast_restore_by_partclone' change lines from:
| LC_ALL=C partclone.${fs_} $PARTCLONE_RESTORE_OPT -L $partclone_img_info_tmp -s - -r -o $part

  to:
| LC_ALL=C partclone.${fs_} -N -L $partclone_img_info_tmp -s - -r -o $part

Admittedly, it's kind of a hammer, but I don't have time to troubleshoot it any further than the couple of things I will use it for.

[sef (stace-fauske)]

Can't edit my above post. I did a little more digging and found to edit the following file as such:

/etc/drbl/drbl-ocs.conf

Change lines inside that file like this:
# Options to be appended in the partclone command, for save and restore.
# For example, for restoring, if you want to ignore device size checking, "-C" can be put, like:
# PARTCLONE_RESTORE_OPT_INIT="-C"
# From Partclone 0.2.61, we switch to use "-z" instead of "-m":
#~ PARTCLONE_SAVE_OPT_INIT="-z 10485760"
PARTCLONE_SAVE_OPT_INIT="-m 10485760"
#~ PARTCLONE_RESTORE_OPT_INIT="-z 10485760"
PARTCLONE_RESTORE_OPT_INIT="-m 10485760"
#~ PARTCLONE_RESTORE_ONTHEFLY_OPT_INIT="-z 10485760"
PARTCLONE_RESTORE_ONTHEFLY_OPT_INIT="-m 10485760"

Since I'm using partclone version 0.2.51, I need option -m rather than -z.

And actually the issue appears to be with drbl, not partclone or clonezilla.
drbl should maintain a different deb file for ubuntu 14.04.
Current for 14.04 is drbl_2.6.15-1_all.deb.
Current for 16.04 is drbl_2.11.15-1_all.deb.
Just re-package the 2.6.15-1_all.deb above with my changes in file /etc/drbl/drbl-ocs.conf.
My changes would be good until (if) partclone is updated in 14.04 to v 0.2.61.