Clonezilla is a free recovery software
The release of the new version of Clonezilla live 3.1.1, in which both the system base and the Kernel have been updated along with various system packages, in addition to including improvements, new options and more.
For those who are unaware of this distribution, they should know that is based on Debian GNU / Linux and in his work he uses the code of projects like DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, udpcast.
In Clonezilla 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, in addition to the fact that it is possible both to clone from one disk to another and to create backup copies by saving a disk image in a file. Cloning is possible at the level of entire disks or individual partitions.
There is a bulk cloning mode in multicast mode, which allows you to simultaneously clone the source disk on a large number of client machines.
Main new features of Clonezilla Live 3.1.1
In this new version of Clonezilla live 3.1.1 that is presented, the system arrives synchronized with the base de Debian Sid starting November 2, Together with Linux kernel that was updated to branch 6.5.8 (previous version was kernel 6.1).
Regarding the improvements that are presented in this new version of Clonezilla live 3.1.1, it is mentioned that language files updated ca_ES, de_DE, el_GR.UTF-8, es_ES, fr_FR, ja_JP, pl_PL, sk_SK and tr_TR, In addition to the ezio package, used to distribute disk images on a local network using the BitTorrent protocol, has been updated to version 2.0.5 with support for torrent files larger than 4 MB and that a mechanism was added for deployment from raw devices in multicast mode.
Other changes that stand out are that added “-edio” option to TUI to enable direct I/O in Partclone when saving and restoring NVMe SSDs, as well as added support for the startup parameter ocs_screen_blank=”no” that prohibits turning off the screen when it is idle.
In addition to that, now when saving images to TUI, the “-z9p” (zstd multithreaded compression) compression mode is enabled by default, the bt_restoredisk mode allows you to restore images to a device with a different name.
Improved mechanism for reserved word name "all" when in restoredisk/restoreparts restore mode, in addition to adding the reserved names "unmounted_disk" and "unmounted_parts" for restore and restore modes, respectively.
Of the other changes that stand out from this new version:
- Partclone has been updated to Partclone version 0.3.27, which now supports the «–read-direct-io” and “–write-direct-io” to enable direct I/O when reading and writing.
- The package mlocate has been replaced by plcate.
- Options have been added "-ssnf" and "-iui" to ocs-live-feed-img.
- The Memtest86+ utility has been updated to version 6.20.
- Provides the ability to select the active network adapter on systems with multiple network cards.
- The disk ID path is now displayed in the disk information.
- The options -bdt and -bsdf from ocs-live-feed-img are in disuse.
- They are replaced by -cdt and -csdf, which means conversion (including bittorrent and multicast), not just for bittorrent.
Finally if you want to know more about it About this release, you can check the details of the announcement In the following link.
Download Clonezilla Live 3.1.1
If you are interested in being able to download the new version of Clonezilla to be able to test it or make your backups immediately. You just have to go to the official website of the project and in the download section we will find the link to download the system, or if you prefer I leave the link here.
The size of the distribution iso image is 417 MB (i686, amd64).
As for the amount of requirements for the execution of Clonezilla, it is minimal, since the system does not have a graphical interface, so it is only limited to use through the terminal.