Stable Clonezilla live 3.3.1-35 Released

Steven Shiau — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:36:15 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.3.1-35) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS AND CHANGES SINCE 3.3.0-33

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2026/Feb/20).
The Linux kernel was updated to 6.18.9-1.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.45.
Implemented mechanisms for cloning 4kn disks to 512n/e disks and 512n/e disks to 4kn disks. Thanks to john (zx1100e1).
Improved functions do_ntfs_512to4k_fix and do_ntfs_4kto512_fix by updating Total Sectors (Offset 40) for NTFS.
Added a new program, ocs-pt-512-4k-convert, to convert 512B to 4kn partition tables.
Rewrote ocs-expand-gpt-pt to be more robust, including 512B to 4kn conversion if mismatched sectors are detected.
Added a mechanism to change the master key from a LUKS header. Thanks to nbergont for the contribution.
Rewrote ocs-get-nic-fw-lst to retrieve firmware lists directly from Linux kernel modules.
Added two more info files in image dir: fdisk.list and blkdev.json. Thanks to arij for the suggestion.
Included makeboot64.cmd instead of makeboot64.bat in the live system. Thanks to Tom Hoar.
Improved BitLocker support: partitions now work on the clone server (ocs-onthefly), and the system now prompts for passwords again if entered incorrectly. Thanks to Marcos Diez.
Enabled the "-edio" (Direct I/O) option in the TUI by default.
Restricted the "-smtd" and "-smmcb" options enabled by default to non-x86-64 machines.
Added the 'lsb-release' package to the live system.
The time synchronization mechanism can now be disabled if ocs_time_sync="no" is assigned in the boot parameters.
Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation. Thanks to Rafael Fontenelle.

BUG FIXES

Fixed an issue in function udp_send_part_img_or_dev where multicast sending from raw devices failed for partitions with unknown filesystems; it now utilizes partclone.dd.
Fixed a bug where ocs-get-dev-info failed to identify extended partitions on MBR disks.
Removed extra LVM and LUKS information in dev-fs.list that previously caused partition order errors and failed network clones via ocs-onthefly. Thanks to kokutou kiritsugu for reporting this.
Resolved a bug related to restoring MTD/eMMC devices.
Appended '--rescue' to partclone options to bypass mtdblock read errors.
Fixed a bug where ocs-sr could not find devices using a PTUUID.
Updated ocs-live-run-menu to set the TERM as fbterm so box-drawing characters display correctly. Thanks to ottokang for identifying this.
Improved ocs-blk-dev-info efficiency and removed double quotation marks from model and serial outputs to prevent menu breakage. Thanks to pete-15.
Updated ocs-cvt-dev to avoid name collisions during the conversion process.

Stable Clonezilla live 3.3.0-33 Released

Steven Shiau — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:31:41 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.3.0-33) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS AND CHANGES SINCE 3.2.2-15

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/Oct/17).
The Linux kernel was updated to 6.16.12-1.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.38, which includes a fix for a btrfs-related issue.
Added a new program, ocs-blkdev-sorter, which allows udev to create Clonezilla alias block devices in /dev/ocs-disks/. This is used by the udev rule 99-ocs-sorted-disks.rules.
Added the "-uoab" option to ocs-sr and ocs-live-feed-img to support selecting Clonezilla alias block device names in the TUI. This experimental feature addresses the random ordering of kernel block devices and can currently only be enabled via a command-line parameter.
Improved the performance of ocs-get-dev-info.
Improved ocs-blk-dev-info to ensure 'jq' works correctly in some cases and to increase efficiency.
Added ocs-cmd-screen-sample, which can be used with the "run again" script. It works with screen, tmux, and the console.
Added support for imaging MTD block and eMMC boot devices in expert mode. The options "-smtd", "-smmcb", "-rmtd", and "-rmmcb" can be used for saving or restoring.
Added a new program, ocs-live-gen-ubrd, to merge an OCS zip file with a U-Boot enabled bootable raw image, creating a new U-Boot enabled OCS live raw disk.
The en_US language file was refined.
The full repack command is now saved (for informational purposes) into ./{live/}Clonezilla-Live-Version.
Formatted the output of ocs-scan-disk for better readability.
Added the 'atd' and 'cron' packages to the live system; their services are disabled by default.
The live-boot package was updated to version 20250815 and patched to include the 'ethdevice-link-timeout' boot parameter, allowing users to set the timeout for the Ethernet device linking status.
Set 'ethdevice-link-timeout=7' in the live client. This changes the Ethernet device linking status timeout to 7 seconds (down from the default of 15 seconds). Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Open_discussion/thread/579168f80f/
ocs-blk-dev-info: This is a new program that outputs block device information in JSON format.
Switched to using fbterm by default for locale and keymap selection.
Moved the locale and keymap selection to the login shell, allowing fbterm to run in an interactive tty.
ocs-lang-kbd-conf: Added the "-f" and "-t" options.
Added a mechanism to automatically set the console font size based on the console's columns and rows, if a size is not already assigned.
Added a new program, ocs-live-time-sync, which is used by ocs-live-netcfg. Time synchronization will be performed when an internet connection is available.
Implemented a mechanism to set the timezone by syncing from the BIOS time when no internet connection is available.
Included the 'upower' package in the live system.
Added a mechanism to check if LVM thin provisioning exists. If it does, the program will quit. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/133
ocs-iso-2-onie: Updated to support modern Debian, specifically handling mkinitramfs multiple segments.
ocs-live-hook.conf: Forced the "loop" module to be added to initramfs.
Added '-gb3' and '-cb3' options for b3sum in the TUI menu. Renamed '-gb' to '-gb2' and '-cb' to '-cb2'. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/52
Recovery ISO/zip file names now include the CPU architecture.
Added 'dhcpcd-base' to the live packages list, as 'dhclient' is deprecated. Thanks to q2dg. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/145

BUG FIXES

ocs-cvt-dev: Now only accepts disk types.
ocs-live-swap-kernel: Patched to correctly handle modules.
The --batch option was not being passed to the 'check_image_if_restorable' function in ocs-functions. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/154
Added "efitextmode 0" to the grub.cfg of Clonezilla live. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Open_discussion/thread/8775952851/
Image names are now allowed to contain the special characters "(" and ")". Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/431/ *

Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.2-15 Released

Steven Shiau — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:12:20 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.2.2-15) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.2.2-5

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/Jun/20).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.12.32-1.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.37.
Added dhcpcd-base in Clonezilla live system since dhclient is deprecated. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/145
Added krb5-user and libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit in live packages list. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/4b496866b4
Added ldap-utils in Clonezilla live system. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/7e01046d89
Added archivemount and linux-cpupower in Clonezilla live system.

BUG FIXES

An issue about restoring exfat file system should be fixed since Partclone was updated to 0.3.37. Ref: https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/272

Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.2-5 Released

Steven Shiau — Fri, 16 May 2025 07:53:18 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.2.2-5) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.2.1-28

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/May/12).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.12.27-1.
Package ezio was updated to 2.0.16.
Added 3 options in drbl-ocs.conf for running ezio: ezio_seed_max_connect="6" # Max total connections number. ezio_seed_max_upload="5" # Max upload connections number. ezio_upload_timeout="90" # The interval to keep uploading and waiting for other peer (sec). These 3 parameters can also be assigned in boot parameters so that seeder and leecher of ezio can be controlled.
ocs-live-swap-kernel: firmware directory will be included.

BUG FIXES

ocs-get-dev-info: do not escape whitespace of blkid output. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Help/thread/6f9d89b8b7/?limit=25#bed4
The space character in the partition label should not be shown in the dialog/whiptail menu. It's replaced by "_". This should fix the issue which whiptail shows: "Box" is an unknown partition device. Program terminated!. Thanks to bagged 9008. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/429/

Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.1-28 Released

Steven Shiau — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:14:16 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (20250504-plucky) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 20250303-oracular

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Ubuntu Plucky Puffin (25.04) repository (as of 2025/May/04).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.14.0-15.15.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.36.
Added packages libfsapfs-utils, usb-modeswitch and fscrypt in Clonezilla live system.
Added new program ocs-find-live-key & updated ocs-put-log-usb so that it can copy the log files even when Clonezilla live USB drive is used in "To RAM" mode. It will find the USB key that: (1) is vFAT file system and (2) contains the file "Clonezilla-Live-Version", then it will be treated as Clonezilla live USB drive.
ocs-live-repository: added dev=///OCS_LIVE_USB so that the Clonezilla live USB drive can be assigned as the image repo, especially when Clonezilla live USB drive is booted in "To RAM" mode. The Clonezilla live USB drive has to be vFAT file system since it's used to boot in both uEFI and MBR mode. Hence it is not a good choice for image repo since vFAT file system has many restrictions. Better to use UUID or LABEL to assign the image repo.
Improved the saving dialog menu and prompt.
Added a mechanism to mitigate the random order of block devices. It can be enabled by adding the boot parameter "ocs_1_cpu_udev", i.e., when udev is started in initramfs, only 1 CPU is online. After that, all CPUs will be enabled.
drbl-ocs.conf: enabled btrfs support in drbl-ocs.conf since Partclone has been updated to 0.3.36 which supports btrfs v6.13.

BUG FIXES

Disabled devices list cache mechanism since blkid is run too many times that makes program run slowly.

Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.1-9 Released

Steven Shiau — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:00:36 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.2.1-9) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.2.0-5

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/Mar/03).
As mentioned in the Debian release mailing list: https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2024/09/msg00220.html The i386 Linux kernel packages were dropped in our upstream, Debian, Sid repo, so i686/i686-pae version of Clonezilla live will be no more in the future. From this release, only amd64 (x86-64) release will be available.
Linux kernel was updated to 6.12.17-1.
Package partclone was updated to 0.3.33.
Package ezio was updated to 2.0.15.
Memtest86+ was updated to v7.20. Thanks to ottokang.
Built with updated and patched live-build 20250225.
Package live-boot was updated to new and patched version 20250225.
Merged lz4 and lz4mt, use "lz4 -T0" by default. Hence the following extra_lz4* variables are dropped: extra_lz4_opt, extra_lz4mt_opt. This will be easier for user to customize that using boot parameters. Now only available variables for lz4 are: extra_lz4_opt, extra_lz4_dc_opt, extra_lz4_opt_onthefly & extra_lz4_dc_opt_onthefly. Thanks to ottokang for asking this.
Added lz4-related boot parameters: extra_lz4_opt, extra_lz4_dc_opt, extra_lz4_opt_onthefly & extra_lz4_dc_opt_onthefly
ocs-live-swap-kernel: added option "-l" to umount for kernel pseudo-filesystem: squashfs-root/{dev,proc,sys,run}. This will avoid the efivarfs is busy as squashfs-root/sys/firmware/efi/efivars.
Added packages: pmount, jc, and util-linux-extra.
Added an option in expert mode (-plu) so that user can copy clonezilla-related log files to Clonezilla live USB drive.A new file ocs-put-log-usb is used to copy log files to Clonezilla live USB drive.
Use $ocs_log_dir (/var/log/clonezilla/) as log dir. All the Clonezilla-related log files will be under that dir.
Add time tag in grub boot menu for live system.
Restored to use the fail-mbr.bin from package drbl, not from partclone since it will be dropped in the future.
Disabled btrfs support since partclone does not support it well.
Improved the checksums mechanism for Clonezilla image. Make it read once and pass to multiple checksum programs. Thanks to barkoder. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/127
The option "-r" as restoring/cloning is off by default. When "-k1" is used, option "-r" will be used, too. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/b4fe117c3c/

BUG FIXES

Wrong total number for chosen checksum method. Thanks to barkoder. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/127#issuecomment-2587011681
Keep the partition size for "Apple Boot partition (recovery HD)". Thanks to Ryan Carsten Schmidt for this suggestion. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/425/
A workaround to avoid grub menu is not shown has been implemented. Thanks to Fab Stz. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/424/

Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.0-5 Released

Steven Shiau — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:47:48 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.2.0-5) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.1.3-16

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Jul/15).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.11.2-1.
Removed wireless-tools from live system since it's not available in packages repo. Package iw should have same function, which is already included in live system. Ref: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/2075850
Package reiser4progs was removed from live system.
Program ocs-scan-disk: use lsblk so the codes is neater. The block device with file system (e.g., sda has ntfs file system) can be correctly shown now. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/67
Merged zstd and zstdmt, use "zstd -T0" by default. Hence the following extra_zstdmt_* variables are dropped: extra_zstdmt_opt, extra_zstdmt_dc_opt, extra_zstdmt_opt_onthefly & extra_zstdmt_dc_opt_onthefly. This will be easier for user to customize that using boot parameters. Now only available variables for zstd are: extra_zstd_opt, extra_zstd_dc_opt, extra_zstd_opt_onthefly & extra_zstd_dc_opt_onthefly. Thanks to trfl for asking. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/27e0b4559d/?limit=25#0d85/99ae

BUG FIXES

ocs-live-feed-img: missing -edio option. Thanks to Sainthol. https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Help/thread/dede4020e7/?limit=25#a008
Typos fixed. Thanks to Rachad-Alabi-ADEKAMBI. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/pull/125
Replaced reboot with "systemctl -f reboot" so that root over NFS won't hang when rebooting. Same for poweroff command. The option HALT_REBOOT_OPT is set as "-f" in drbl-ocs.conf.
Program "clonezilla": added missing option "-n" in the usage. Thanks to tim-cyb for reporting this. Ref: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/119
Batch mode did not just quit when failing to restore a partition. Thanks to Ron for reporting this. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/07b08bf1e4/?limit=25#4637/b907
Make 1st-disk skip mounted disk. Thanks to trfl. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/27e0b4559d/
OOM issue about checksums of all files The feature to verify checksums of all files inside the restored filesystems may OOM because it produces a very large logfile in ramdisk. Filter the log to only include failed files. Thanks to trfl. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/27e0b4559d/
ocs-onthefly: -j2 and -e2 should not be on when running ocs-sr. It should be assigned by user. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/b3ce8cfeb0/
Package live-config was patched to support boot parameter "usercrypted", which addressed this issue: https://github.com/stevenshiau/clonezilla/issues/88#issuecomment-2273642104
Allow "%" in the autoname format of image name in TUI when saving an image. Thanks to Batiste DONDOGLIO for reporting this. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Help/thread/1063f63aa9/*

Stable Clonezilla live 3.1.3-16 Released

Steven Shiau — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:35:00 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.1.3-16) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.1.3-11

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Jul/15).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.9.9-1.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.32.
ocs-resize-part: add option "-f" for fatresize in batch mode.
Replace the command to clean super blocks of fakeraid. Now mdadm is used, and no more using dmraid since dmraid is not maintained anymore.

BUG FIXES

A NTFS saving issue was fixed since Partclone was updated to 0.3.32. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/1148da4c7a/
A workaround to solve LUKS+CIFS+Encrypt issue. There is an issue for a combination of the source disk being LUKS, the image repo being SMB share, and choosing to encrypt the saved image. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/67c5389b20/

Stable Clonezilla live 3.1.3-11 Released

Steven Shiau — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 02:46:54 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.1.3-11) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.1.2-22

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Jun/28).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.9.7-1.
Partclone was updated to 0.3.31.
Removed package cpufrequtils from lists of live system. It's not in the Debian repo anymore.
Removed thin-provisioning-tools from packages list of clonezilla live due to it breaks the dependence.
Added package yq, and removed package deborphan in live system.
Merged pull request #31 from iamzhaohongxin/patch-1. Update zh_CN.UTF-8.
Language file ca_ES was updated. Thanks to René Mérou.
Language file de_DE was updated. Thanks to Savi G and Michael Vinzenz.
Package live-boot was updated to 1:20240525.drbl1.
Package live-config was updated to 11.0.5+drbl3.
Set a bigger scrollback for screen in live system. It's easier to debug.

BUG FIXES

Program get-latest-ocs-live-ver: add "-V" for sort since we need to have version sorting.
Removed duplicated variables msg_ocs_param_ps & msg_ocs_onthefly_param_ps in language file en_US. Thanks to Станислав Большаков.
Program ocs-onthefly failing in local part cloning in command line mode, while interactive mode works. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/f2b2b8aa7c/
Support zst kernel module and firmware name when exacting NIC firmware. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/3ef47e6fbe/
Added missing function USAGE in ocs-live-nicbonding.
Program ocs_nic_type was not exported so that ocs-live-nicbonding failed to run in ocs-live-netcfg. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/discussion/Clonezilla_live/thread/87dc37a418/

Stable Clonezilla live 3.1.2-22 Released

Steven Shiau — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:07:44 -0000

This release of Clonezilla live (3.1.2-22) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.

ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.1.2-9

The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2024/Apr/08).
Linux kernel was updated to 6.7.9-2.
Package ezio was updated to 2.0.11.
New format messages sending to ocsmgrd. A comma (,) is used to separate the messages.
Rotate Clonezilla-related log files & receive new format messages from clients.
Include powermgmt-base and pdsh in live system.
xz-utils was reverted back to the 5.4.5 version.
Removed "ip=" from boot parameters. Thanks to Robert Spitzenpfeil for mentioning that. Ref: https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/415/

BUG FIXES

No message was sent to ocsmgrd in BT mode.
Update disable_sudo_use_pty, negate it explicitly, not just comment it. This should avoid distortion of gpm with jfbterm. Thanks to ottokang for reporting this issue.

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