You're dealing with something that's affecting more people. The old drive has what *was* the normal sector size for MANY years, 512 bytes. The new drive has what *is now* becoming standard, 4096 bytes. The 'use the partition table from the source' option in clonezilla is not going to work. You CANNOT use a partition table for a 512 byte sector size directly on a disk with 4096 byte sectors. The partition table records a number of sectors, and you're copying it without translation, so the new drive thinks it has partitions 8 times the size of the old; and the later ones run off the end of the disk. I'm not familiar with clonezilla, but I think there are options to configure a destination partition table "proportional" to the source. That's a bit more complex, but it's probably the only way to make it work with your situation. Hopefully that helps. ==Joseph++ On 07/17/2011 10:57 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Well, Clonezilla is having problems cloning my drive. > > I first booted into Debian and created one big ext3 partition on the new > drive (750 GB), old drive is 320 GB. Then fired up Clonzilla. I took all the > defaults, chose device to device, expert, and local disk to local disk, and > chose sda as the source and sdb as the target. l kept the default options: > -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -j2 -v, and 'use the partition table from the source'. > I get a' successfully wrote partition table'. Then I get the "Error can't > have a partition outside disk" and Clonezilla dies. Here is what I get with > fdisk after booting back into Debian > > orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility > /dev/sda2 * 6 1918 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 1918 7017 40963092+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda4 7018 38913 256204620 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 * 7018 37615 245778403+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 37616 38913 10426153+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 > Warning: invalid flag 0xbfbb of partition table 5 will be corrected by > w(rite) > > Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11400 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 1 5 321048 de Dell Utility > Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. > /dev/sdb2 * 6 1918 122880000 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sdb3 1918 7017 327704740 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sdb4 7018 38913 2049636960 5 Extended > Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary. > /dev/sdb5 ? 82628 130208 3057478824 48 Unknown > orca:/home/mark# > > Any ideas how I can fix this error and clone my drive to the new drive? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> Woo hoo! >> On Jul 17, 2011 11:55 AM, "Mark Phillips" >> wrote: >>> I took a look at clonezilla again, and found an amd64 iso in clonezilla >>> testing. I tried that one, and it worked on my laptop. I will try a clone >>> tonight (I like to make my laptop work while I sleep....;) ), so I will >> let >>> you know in the morning. Perhaps the ubuntu version was not amd64 and >> that >>> may be why it barfed? I tried the CD on a another machine (i386) and it >>> booted up OK. >>> >>> As of right now, it is humming along nicely on the old drive. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mark Phillips >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Phillips < >> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I tried the alt media and it did not work. - 20110530-natty, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have never seen that. It has run on a wild array of hardware. Try >>>>>> thealt media based on Ubuntu. You might have better results >>>>>> On Jul 17, 2011 8:46 AM, "Mark Phillips" >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Stephen >> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Honestly I suggest clonezilla for this. It will get everything >> windows >>>>>>>> Linux grub etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I forgot to add that I first tried clonezilla, and it would not run >> on >>>>>> my >>>>>>> laptop. All I got was a black screen and a gray box. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jul 17, 2011 7:48 AM, "Mark Phillips" < >> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> I purchased a larger hard drive (~750 GB)) for my laptop and want >> to >>>>>>>> clone >>>>>>>>> my current laptop drive (~320 GB) to the new one. The new drive >> is >>>>>>>> connected >>>>>>>>> to the laptop via usb - I can mount it and read/write to it. This >> is >>>>>> what >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> did, but it didn't seem to work out... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Boot laptop using latest Knoppix >>>>>>>>> 2. umount both /dev/sda(old drive, internal to laptop) and >> /dev/sdb >>>>>> (new >>>>>>>>> drive connected via usb) >>>>>>>>> 3. I was going to use dd, but read that dd_rescue is a little >> better >>>>>>>> (read >>>>>>>>> error handling, reporting progress), so I installed that and >> fired >>>>>> it iup >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Press Ctrl-C to interrupt >>>>>>>>> rescued: 320072 MB, errsize: 0 B, current rate: 29753 kB/s >>>>>>>>> ipos: 320072 MB, errors: 0, average rate: 29513 kB/s >>>>>>>>> opos: 320072 MB, time from last successful read: 0 s >>>>>>>>> Finished >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 4. I thought, time to use gparted to expand the Linux partition >> for >>>>>> my >>>>>>>> new >>>>>>>>> drive to the full size, and install the new drive.....but wait, >>>>>> there are >>>>>>>>> problems! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ fdisk -l >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes >>>>>>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders >>>>>>>>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >>>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda2 * 6 1918 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda3 1918 7017 40963092+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda4 7018 38913 256204620 5 Extended >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda5 * 7018 37615 245778403+ 83 Linux >>>>>>>>> /dev/sda6 37616 38913 10426153+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris >>>>>>>>> Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) >>>>>>>>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>>>>>>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>>>>>>> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>>>>>>> Warning: invalid flag 0xbfbb of partition table 5 will be >> corrected >>>>>> by >>>>>>>>> w(rite) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes >>>>>>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11400 cylinders >>>>>>>>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes >>>>>>>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >>>>>>>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >>>>>>>>> Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>>>>>>> /dev/sdb1 1 5 321048 de Dell Utility >>>>>>>>> Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. >>>>>>>>> /dev/sdb2 * 6 1918 122880000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>>>>>>> /dev/sdb3 1918 7017 327704740 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>>>>>>> /dev/sdb4 7018 38913 2049636960 5 Extended >>>>>>>>> Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary. >>>>>>>>> /dev/sdb5 ? 82628 130208 3057478824 48 Unknown >>>>>>>>> knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It appears that dd-rescue did what I expected it to do....copied >> sda >>>>>> to >>>>>>>> sdb >>>>>>>>> bit by bit. I am not sure what the warnings are for sda, but it >>>>>> looks >>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>>> dd_rescue did what it was supposed to do. However, What do I do >>>>>> about the >>>>>>>>> errors on sdb? GParted does not recognize the partition table for >>>>>> sdb, >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> reports 698 GB of unallocated space. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks for any suggestions you may have to solve/explain what is >>>>>> going >>>>>>>> on! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss