Installing CloneZilla on USB drive using Ubuntu.

Clonezilla is a software that allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery.

To install Clonezilla we would need following Softwares, all of which are available freely.

1. 7zip ( p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_i386.deb)
2. Tuxboot (tuxboot-linux-8 )
3. Clonezilla (clonezilla-live-1.2.6-40-i686.iso)

Here are the steps to install CloneZilla

1. Install 7zip required to install Tuxboot
   1. sudo dpkg -i p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_i386.deb
   2. It would show something like
   3. (Reading database … 168886 files and directories currently installed.)
   4. Preparing to replace p7zip-full 9.04~dfsg.1-1 (using p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_i386.deb) …
   5. Unpacking replacement p7zip-full …
   6. Setting up p7zip-full (9.04~dfsg.1-1) …
   7. Processing triggers for man-db …
   8. And Step 1 is done. 7Zip is Installed.

2. Run tuxboot

1. By default tuxboot is not executable , change it permission to make it.
2. chmod +x tuxboot-linux-8
3. Run tuxboot with sudo permission
4. sudo ./tuxboot-linux-8
5. Set the values as shown in image

5.1. Select Diskimage – then in adjacent dropdown select iso
5.2. And then select the clonezilla image ( the one you downloaded)
5.3. Type – usb drive
5.4. Press “OK” . And let it complete. It will ask to reboot afterwards , but you can also reboot later

3. And your clonezilla usb is ready now. You may now use it to clone systems.