Fitzcarraldo: Removed "emerge portage" in last step as this could break Entropy. Replaced it with "layman -S" which is what should be done in combination with "emerge --sync".

2010-05-09T15:37:18Z

Removed "emerge portage" in last step as this could break Entropy. Replaced it with "layman -S" which is what should be done in combination with "emerge --sync".

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You will need GRUB2 installed (equo install grub), a separate partition (here: /dev/sda1), .zip file of PartedMagic (USB version, here: pmagic-usb-4.10.zip), .zip file of Clonezilla (stable 486 version recommended, here: clonezilla-live-1.2.4-28-486.zip).

You will get a separate boot partition, with ext3 file system compatible with Windows operation systems, from which you can boot to GRUB2 (for sure!), to PartedMagic running from RAM (if some partitioning is needed), or to Clonezilla running from RAM (to make backup/restore).

0. Prepare partition
{{Console| <pre class="clear">
$ su
# mkdir /media/sda1
# mkfs.ext3 -I 128 /dev/sda1
# mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
</pre>}}

1. Unzip PartedMagic and Clonezilla

Unzip PartedMagic to /media/sda1/tmp1. Find directory called "pmagic", containing files bzImage and initramfs, move it to /media/sda1.

Unzip Clonezilla to /media/sda1/tmp2. Find directory called "live", move it to /media/sda1.
{{Console| <pre class="clear">
# mv /media/sda1/live /media/sda1/live-hd
# rm -rf /media/sda1/tmp*
</pre>}}

2. Add PartedMagic and Clonezilla to bootloader

{{File| (/etc/grub.d/40_custom)| <pre class="clear">
menuentry "PartedMagic" {
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /pmagic/bzImage edd=off noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=791
loglevel=0 max_loop=256 keymap=us
initrd /pmagic/initramfs
}
menuentry "Clonezilla" {
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /live-hd/vmlinuz boot=live union=aufs vga=788 ip=frommedia
live-media-path=/live-hd bootfrom=/dev/hda1 toram=filesystem.squashfs
initrd /live-hd/initrd.img
}
</pre>}}

3. Install bootloader to MBR and copy its files to boot partition, generate a new grub.cfg

{{Console| <pre class="clear">
# grub2-install --root-directory=/media/sda1 /dev/sda
# grub-mkconfig -o /media/sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg
</pre>}}

4. Test changes using QEMU

{{Console| <pre class="clear">
# sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches ; qemu -hda /dev/sda
</pre>}}

If QEMU does not work as needed, remove it and then install it via Portage

{{Console| <pre class="clear">
# equo remove qemu --nodeps
# emerge --sync && layman -S && emerge qemu
</pre>}}

--donnie

HOWTO: separate boot partition with PartedMagic and Clonezilla (dedicated GRUB2 partition) - Revision history

Fitzcarraldo: Removed "emerge portage" in last step as this could break Entropy. Replaced it with "layman -S" which is what should be done in combination with "emerge --sync".