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Getting Clonezilla on USB to start on the MBA

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WildNZ

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Hi everyone, I've been struggling to get Clonezilla to start on my 2010 [I now have a 2011 also, same results] MBA.

Specifically I download the i486 iso [I've also tried the x64 variant] from the Clonezilla website and then use Tuxboot [as per the Clonezilla website instructions] to create a 1GB bootable USB drive.

Now the USB created will work fine on my PC, however on the MBA with refit installed, when I select the USB it will simply boot into a 'Grub' command prompt rather than the Clonezilla interface.

I get the same results if I skip Tuxboot and use the manual USB install batch file that comes with Clonezilla.

I've read a number of people on here have used Clonezilla on their MBA so I'd love to know your secret as I'm pulling my hair out here!

I want to get Clonezilla working as I'm trying to find a way to take a complete image of my MBA hard drive including mac and Win7 partitions...

Thanks a lot
 
CCC will not clone NTFS partitions unfortunately... so not suitable for the task of providing a whole laptop image/backup, cheers.
 
I'm on the same boat, but I am not confident on a Clonezilla restore on a new MBA. I tried one and failed, although I admit it may have been user error. 🙄

When I booted off the Clonezilla USB key, I had two choices - EFI or Windows. I chose Windows and that got me to the Clonezilla main menu.

Reinstalling Windows in Bootcamp is so easy I am going to try using the built in backup and restore option. I backed up and created a system image using the built in tool. In case of disaster, I'll reinstall Win7 clean and then do a restore to get all my updates and apps back.

On a related note Camptune from Paragon Software doesn't work on the new MBAs with Lion. I got an email from their tech support. It seems the drive partitioning scheme is different. Therefore, any of these cloning solutions will likely also need to be updated. I wish they made one like Acronis True Image that was Mac compatible.
 
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