Clonezilla Live, a free and open-source disk cloning and imaging software designed for system backup, recovery, and deployment, has just released its latest stable version, 3.2.1.
The main novelty is that the underlying Linux operating system has been updated and is now built on the Debian Sid repository as of March 3, 2025.
Another significant change is discontinuing the i686/i686-pae versions of Clonezilla Live. According to the recent decisions by the Debian project to retire i386 kernel packages, only the amd64 (x86-64) builds will be available from now on.
Apart from that, Clonezilla 3.2.1 features an upgrade to the Linux kernel 6.12, along with crucial updates to packages such as Partclone (0.3.33) and Ezio (2.0.15). Users looking to diagnose memory issues will find that Memtest86+ has been bumped up to version 7.20.
Furthermore, the release includes a range of smaller yet practical tweaks. For example, the development team merged lz4 with lz4mt and standardized the default usage to lz4 -T0. Consequently, this simplification eliminates certain extra_lz4 configuration variables, though several relevant parameters—extra_lz4_opt, extra_lz4_dc_opt, extra_lz4_opt_onthefly, and extra_lz4_dc_opt_onthefly—are still supported.
Another update involves improved kernel pseudo-filesystem unmounting, which will help avoid issues with efivarfs remaining busy when running ocs-live-swap-kernel.
Users relying on Clonezilla Live to maintain logs will notice the addition of an option in expert mode (-plu) makes it possible to copy Clonezilla-related log files to a USB drive. Moreover, all Clonezilla logs now reside in the newly centralized directory “/var/log/clonezilla/.”
On the bug fixes side, a correction addresses the wrong total number being reported for the chosen checksum method. The developers have also tackled a reported problem concerning Apple’s “recovery HD” boot partition, ensuring the partition size remains consistent. Finally, a workaround has been incorporated to resolve occasional GRUB menu visibility issues.
Check out the announcement for more details on all changes in Clonezilla Live 3.2.1.
