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Clonezilla cannot restore image "Error! No existing disk(s) or no unmounted disk(s) are found!"

MYZ

11/19/22, 11:12 AM

What I am trying to do:

I have a Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS system and want to create an image that I can deploy on n machines that have the same hardware configuration as the system that served as the source of the image.

What I am trying:

I have created an image using clonezilla und sticking to the documentation provided on their site. (Created a bootable USB device, booted that and copied the Ubuntu system's disc onto a partition of the USB device.) No I have booted a new completely new device with the clonezilla USB device. Following the steps in the instructions I:

Enter into device-image mode
Enter into local_dev mode
Select the USB device to mount it as /home/partimag and skip the check (there is no other device shown which makes me already think it does not read the connected SSD)
Select the / directory for the image repository
Enter restoredisk mode
Choose the image I want to restore (it shows me the correct image I want to restore)

Problem:

Here it gives me the error message: "Error! No existing disk(s) or no unmounted disk(s) are found! To use Clonezilla to save or clone a disk, the source disk must exist or be unmounted! If you are sure the disk exists in this machine, maybe the kernel is too old?"

I am using Clonezille alternative stable - 20210609-hirsute. Do I understand the situation correctly that clonezilla does not recognize the connected SSD so it does not know where to copy the image into? What can I do to solve this problem?

Thank you in advance.

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MYZ

11/19/22, 11:24 AM

Thank you for the heads up. I have included the complete release version String as found in `lsb_release -a`

sudodus

11/19/22, 2:37 PM

I have used Clonezilla (the alternative series based on Debian) for years, and it can recognize SSDs (via USB `/dev/sdx` as well as via PCI `/dev/nvme0n1`). Is this problem unique for one computer, or is it the same for all the computers, where you want to install Ubuntu? Have you checked if some other Linux live system, e.g. a live Ubuntu USB drive can recognize the target drive, where you want to install from the Clonezilla image?

MYZ

11/19/22, 2:55 PM

@sudodus thank you for the comment. Tomorrow I will be able to test booting the new device with an Ubuntu live USB. I will post the results here.

MYZ

11/22/22, 7:01 AM

@sudodus thank you for your advice. Finally some other devices have arrived and I could test the process with other devices, it was a hardware issue with the SSD disk. Everything works now.

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MYZ

11/22/22, 7:04 AM

At the end the error message provided every piece of information that was needed.

"Error! No existing disk(s) or no unmounted disk(s) are found! To use Clonezilla to save or clone a disk, the source disk must exist or be unmounted! If you are sure the disk exists in this machine, maybe the kernel is too old?"

The cable connecting the SSD to the main board was faulty, so the disk was not recognized. Using functional hardware and following the exact steps from the Clonezilla tutorial produces exactly the outcome that I was looking for.

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sudodus

11/22/22, 9:34 AM

I'm glad that you found and solved the problem :-)

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Clonezilla cannot restore image "Error! No existing disk(s) or no unmounted disk(s) are found!"

TH: Clonezilla ไม่สามารถกู้คืนอิมเมจ "เกิดข้อผิดพลาด! ไม่พบดิสก์ที่มีอยู่หรือไม่พบดิสก์ที่ไม่ได้ต่อเชื่อม!"

RO: Clonezilla nu poate restaura imaginea „Eroare! Nu au fost găsite discuri existente sau nu au fost găsite discuri demontate!”

RU: Clonezilla не может восстановить образ "Ошибка! Существующие диски или несмонтированные диски не найдены!"

VI: Clonezilla không thể khôi phục hình ảnh "Lỗi! Không tìm thấy (các) đĩa hiện có hoặc không tìm thấy (các) đĩa chưa được đếm!"

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