===== Clonezilla Live on RISC-V (Part 2): From Porting to Mass Deployment =====
  * **Speakers**: Steven Shiau, Chen‑Kai Sun, Yu‑Chin Tsai  
  * **Room**: CC 203  
  * **Time**: Sun 11:20 am – 11:50 am  

  * **Format**: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)  
  * **Difficulty**: Some experience required  
  * **Track**: OSS Distributions  
  * **Presenter Location**: In-person  
  * **Experience**: several-th time speaking  
  * **At**: at lfnw  

==== Description: ====  
As the RISC‑V ecosystem matures from development boards into production‑ready hardware, the need for reliable, scalable deployment tools becomes increasingly important. This talk continues the story of bringing **Clonezilla Live** to the RISC‑V architecture — moving from the challenges of initial porting to the realities of mass deployment.

The speakers first detail the technical hurdles of porting Debian‑based Clonezilla to next‑generation hardware such as the **DC‑ROMA RISC‑V Laptop II (SpacemiT K1 SoC)**. Topics include navigating complex boot chains (U‑Boot → UEFI) and integrating vendor‑specific kernels and firmware (e.g., Bianbu Linux) to achieve stable bare‑metal booting.

Building on that foundation, the session presents a scalable strategy for provisioning RISC‑V clusters using **HiFive Premier P550 boards** and **DC‑ROMA laptops**. Instead of traditional PXE workflows, the team demonstrates a flexible **“Net Clone”** approach where clients boot locally and synchronize via Clonezilla Lite Server. This includes the novel **BDMfRD (BitTorrent Deployment from Raw Device)** mechanism, which distributes data peer‑to‑peer directly from raw disk partitions — eliminating intermediate image creation, reducing preparation time, and avoiding multicast bottlenecks.

**Target Audience:**  
  * System administrators  
  * RISC‑V developers  
  * Cluster and deployment engineers  
  * Anyone interested in large‑scale open‑hardware provisioning