Issues
| Date | Issue |
|---|---|
| Sept 2024 |
Foxclone53 - using periods (.) in file/folder names now works, bug fixed.
Installing from the deb into a debian system will now install and work. In previous versions the deb would install but foxclone would not run. This was due to differences in PATH between ubuntu and debian. |
| Sept 2024 | DO NOT include a period/fullstop/dot in a backup filename, e.g. 20240902.my.backup. Foxclone will run and do a backup but the backup will be corrupt. Foxclone uses "." in the filename as a delimiter to create the backup files for grub, sfdisk and others. This fails. It will be fixed ASAP. Filenames without a dot are fine, e.g. 20240902-my-backup. |
| May 2024 | Foxclone52 - fixes three bugs in foxclone51:
Backup of a btrfs partition works. Previous versions failed due to a bug in the versions of partclone used in the isos. Verify would not verify a backup image if the source drive was not present in the system. Foxclone52 does not check for the presence of the source drive when verifying and will not generate a warning. Foxclone52 will backup/restore/clone unsupported filesystems. Due to a bug introduced in foxclone50, foxclone would attempt to backup an unsupported filesystem, fail, and not generate any errors. |
| Oct 2023 | Foxclone51 - fixes two bugs in foxclone50:
Failing to backup/restore grub on a drive with a GPT partition table where linux has been installed in legacy mode. This addresses the issues identified below in March 2023, and Foxclone showing errors when trying to backup/restore a drive with more than nine partitions. |
| Mar 2023 | Cloning a legacy drive |
| With the release of Linux Mint 21 (so probably applicable to other distros based on ubuntu 22.04) an "erase and install"
with legacy boot will format the drive with a GPT partition table and create a bios_grub partition, EFI partition and an ext4 partition for /. A clone of this drive will not boot. The fix is to re-install grub. Boot your install stick, open a terminal and confirm you are booting legacy with efibootmgr. If it says EFI variables are not supported you are booting legacy. Then: sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt where sdXY is your / partition, e.g. sda3 or nvme0n1p2. sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdX where sdX is your system drive, e.g. sda or nvme0n1. Foxclone will be updated when this bug is fixed. |
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| Jan 2022 | Foxclone V50 is a complete rewrite of foxclone. |