Recently the availability of the new version of the popular Linux distribution used for disk cloning "Clonezilla Live 2.7.0", in which the system is synchronized with Debian sid as of November 2, as well as the Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.9.1.
For those who are unfamiliar with Clonezilla, you should know that this is a linux distribution designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied).
The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost.
The distribution is based on Debian GNU / Linux and in its work it uses the code of projects like DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, udpcast. Bootable from CD / DVD, USB Flash and network (PXE).
Supports LVM2 and FS ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HFS +, UFS, minix, VMFS3 and VMFS5 (VMWare ESX). There is a mass cloning mode over the network, which includes the transmission of traffic in multicast mode, which allows the source disk to be cloned simultaneously on a large number of client machines.
You can either clone from one disk to another or create backup copies by saving a disk image to a file. Cloning is possible at the level of entire disks or individual partitions.
Main new features of Clonezilla Live 2.7.0
As mentioned at the beginning, the new version is in sync with the Debian Sid package database as of Nov 2, Besides that the Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.9.1.
As for the changes that were made in this new version, they are in the command parameters ocs- *, as it is now possible to specify a shortcut path to devices (for example, sda instead of / dev / sda). The Info-OS-prober.txt file with information about the operating system is saved in the directory with a disk image.
In addition, live boot package has been updated to version 1: 20201022-drbl1, which adds support for network booting via iPXE with static IP (no DHCP).
It is also highlighted that improved ocs-onthe driver releasefly, which now uses ocs-sr to save pseudo-images and makes it possible to clone devices using partclone and also added "–rsyncable" to save zstd.
Now there are already clean and unified options as well as redesigned options, such is the example of: -d | –destination | –target вместо -t | –target, -po | –port вместо -p | –port, –net-filter вместо -i | –filter, -p | -pa | –Postaction вместо -pa | –postaction, -u | –use-nuttcp instead of -u | –use-netcat.
New options added -t | –No-restore-mbr, -t1 | –Restore-raw-mbr and -t2 | –No-restore-ebr.
Y finally it is mentioned that when cloning over the network compression is enabled by default using the algorithm zstd instead of gzip and including uuid-runtime, scsitools, blktool, safecopy, and gpart packages.
Si you want to know more about it of this new version of Clonezilla, you can check the details In the following link.
Clonezilla Live 2.7.0 Download
Because Clonezilla He only has what is essential for his work, the hardware requirements we need to have are minimal. To run the system we require:
- An x86 or x86-64 processor
- At least 196 MB of RAM
- Boot device, for example, CD / DVD drive, USB port, PXE, or hard disk.
As you can see, the demand for requirements is minimal, since the system does not have a graphical interface, so it is only limited to use by terminal.
In order to download the distribution You must go to the official website of the distro y in your download section you can get the image of this new release of Clonezilla. The size of the distribution iso image is 302 MB and it is available for both x32 (i686) architecture as well as x64 (amd64).
To save the image on a USB I can recommend the use of Etcher.