SD card: mmcblk11 is an unknown partition device. Program terminated

Suncatcher — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:48:18 -0000

Here it is. By the way, I tried also the stable Ubuntu release 3.3.1-35, and it has the same bug as questing. In Live and installable version of Debian the same SD card reader on the same laptop works fine.

SD card: mmcblk11 is an unknown partition device. Program terminated

Steven Shiau — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:15:26 -0000

I think "/dev/mmcblk11" is not a typical device name on GNU/Linux. Maybe Clonezilla has some bugs.
Please enter command line prompt after booting Clonezilla live, then run:

sudo -i
lsblk
cat /proc/partitions
blkd
mount
Please show the results of 2-4.
Thanks.

SD card: mmcblk11 is an unknown partition device. Program terminated

Suncatcher — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:04:14 -0000

Why it is throwing this error, while recognizing the card on the previous steps?
Step 1: device identification page, SD card is determined properly
Step 2: On mounting the partimg, it is already showed as: No_size, no_model, no_id_path, no_serial
Step 3: it is giving terminated error.
I want to know that the SD card on this laptop correctly recognized on most Linux distributions, including debian.
I use 20260420-questing iso of Clonezilla.

clonzilla automation

Xenofon Chatzidimitriou — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:01:55 -0000

i am using unicast as i dont know the mac sddress of the machines . also the bios is locked so i cant boot from USB but it can boot from network so the client is just connected to network power on and imediattely starting reimaging without touching anything in the client side.
so i have an ubundu 22 server installed the SE and then i just run the previous command

clonzilla automation

Xenofon Chatzidimitriou — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:57:59 -0000

yes i have choose that -y1
this is the command i am running
sudo drbl-ocs -g auto -e1 auto - e2 -x -r -j2 -ko -sco -y1 -p reboot -Z en_US.UTF-8 sta restore INTENSO
_120GB_V.189 sda

but i thought that after i have to rerun the command as th drbl was setup for 48 clients
and the machines are join for clone they are random and 5-10 per day
thanks anyway i will try

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john — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:23:18 -0000

I can try sharing the vm image (vm workstation), but if you follow the steps in the first post choosing full disk encryption, it should yield the same result.

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Steven Shiau — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:51:00 -0000

For Clonezilla-SE, you can enter expert mode, and choose the option "-y1".
Another method is you can use Clonezilla lite server, and run BT mode:
https://clonezilla.org//fine-print-live-doc.php?path=clonezilla-live/doc/11_lite_server
Then you do not have to care the number of clients. Just continue restoring them by rebooting the machine you want to deploy.

clonzilla automation

Xenofon Chatzidimitriou — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:58:34 -0000

Hi i am runing clonzilla SE the latest version on ubundu 22 .
i have setup for 48 clients with unicast. and i have bond 2 eth cards to be faster. now my question is how to automate the process and when it finsihed the 48 to start again for another 48 .
Yes i could increase the number but stil eventually i have to do it.
So is there any way or maybe if a script could monitor the logs and when it reach 48 to execute the command again ?
thanks in adnvanced

create (backup)disk image

Steven Shiau — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:10:23 -0000

I am not very sure what you want.
Basically you can follow the step-by-step doc here:
https://clonezilla.org//clonezilla-live-doc.php
Normally Clonezilla will give you a green command which might be what you want:
https://clonezilla.org//clonezilla-live/doc/01_Save_disk_image/images/ocs-10-8-img-save-command-prompt.png

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Steven Shiau — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:07:48 -0000

It's nice to know you have found ths solution.
Thanks for sharing that.

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