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| author = Steven Shiau
| author = Steven Shiau
| developer = NCHC Free Software Labs
| developer = NCHC Free Software Labs
| released = September 8, 2007
| released = {{Start date|2007|September|8|df=yes}}
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| latest preview version = 3.1.1-1<ref>{{cite web|last=Shiau|first=Steven|title=Clonezilla - Downloads|publisher=Clonezilla|url=https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php|accessdate=2023-05-14}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 3.1.1-1<ref>{{cite web|last=Shiau|first=Steven|title=Clonezilla - Downloads|website=Clonezilla.org|url=https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php|accessdate=2023-05-14}}</ref>
| latest preview date = {{release date and age|2023|05|07}}
| latest preview date = {{release date and age|2023|05|07}}
| programming language = [[Perl]], [[Shell script|Unix shell]]
| programming language = [[Perl]], [[Shell script|Unix shell]]
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| language = English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
| language = English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
| genre = Disk cloning, Disaster recovery
| genre = [[Disk cloning]], [[disk imaging]], [[system deployment]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website = {{url|https://clonezilla.org}}
| website = {{url|https://clonezilla.org}}
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'''Clonezilla''' is a suite of [[Free and open-source software|open source]] [[Disk cloning|drive cloning]], [[Disk imaging|drive imaging]] and [[system deployment]] utilities used to simplify deployment and [[Maintenance (technical)|maintenance]] of a group of computers.<ref name="turriza2018" /><ref name="sun2012" /><ref name="shiau2018" /> Clonezilla Server Edition uses [[multicast]] technologies to deploy a single image file to a group of computers on a [[local area network]].<ref name="shiau2018"/> Clonezilla was designed by [[Steven Shiau]] and developed by the [[National Center for High-Performance Computing|NCHC]] Free Software Labs in [[Taiwan]].<ref name="OSNews" /><ref name="Wallan_2010" /><ref name="Germain_2011" /><ref name="Sharma_2007" />
'''Clonezilla''' is an [[open-source]] suite of [[disk cloning]], [[disk imaging]] and [[system deployment]] utilities.<ref name="turriza2018" /><ref name="sun2012" /><ref name="shiau2018" /> Clonezilla Server Edition uses [[multicast]] technologies to deploy a single image file to a group of computers on a [[local area network]].<ref name="shiau2018"/> Clonezilla was designed by [[Steven Shiau]] and developed by the [[National Center for High-Performance Computing|NCHC]] Free Software Labs in [[Taiwan]].<ref name="OSNews" /><ref name="Wallan_2010" /><ref name="Germain_2011" /><ref name="Sharma_2007" />


Clonezilla is used to deploy [[operating system]]s to computers by imaging a single computer and then deploying that [[Disk image|image]] to one or more systems.<ref name="turriza2018"/><ref name="arrosyidi2018" /> It integrates several other open-source programs to provide cloning and imaging capabilities.
Clonezilla is used to deploy [[operating system]]s to computers by imaging a single computer and then deploying that [[Disk image|image]] to one or more systems.<ref name="turriza2018"/><ref name="arrosyidi2018" /> It integrates several other open-source programs to provide cloning and imaging capabilities.

Clonezilla works by copying used blocks on the storage device (i.e. [[SSD|SATA SSD]], [[Hard disk drive|HDD]] or [[NVMe|NVMe SSD]]).<ref name="sun2012" /> It is intended to support a [[Bare-metal restore|bare-metal]] deployment of an operating systems by booting from a [[Live CD|preinstalled live environment]]. The preinstallation environment can be booted from a [[Live USB|USB flash drive]], [[Live CD|CD/DVD-ROM]] or Android mobile phone.<ref name="drivedroid" /><ref name="drivedroid2" /><ref name="shiau2018" /> It uses [[Partclone]], [[Ntfsclone]] and [[Partimage]] to image the drive either over the network or to a locally-attached hard disk drive.<ref name="sun2012" />

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== Features ==
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=== Filesystem copying ===
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Clonezilla uses information from the filesystem to determine which blocks on a drive require copying. This ensures that only the space currently in use on the drive is copied while empty space is ignored. Clonezilla supports several filesystems including: Linux-based filesystems ([[Ext2]], [[Ext3]], [[Ext4]], [[ReiserFS]], [[XFS]], [[JFS (file system)|JFS]] and [[Btrfs]]); Windows ([[NTFS]] and [[File Allocation Table|FAT]]); [[LVM2]] and some hardware [[RAID]] chip sets.<ref name="sun2012"/> When an unsupported filesystem is imaged or cloned, Clonezilla falls back to copying the data using [[dd (Unix)|dd]]. The [[master boot record]] and other drive metadata is copied using dd by Clonezilla before using PartClone, PartImage or NtfsClone to copy the appropriate filesystem.

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=== Compression ===
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Clonezilla uses ZIP compression by default but can use other schemes such as LZMA or BZIP2. Drive images can be split into smaller files and compressed to save space on the destination drive.<ref name="sun2012"/>

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=== PXE booting ===
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Clonezilla can be booted over a [[computer network]] using [[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE booting]] techniques.<ref name="sun2012"/>


== Variants ==
== Variants ==

Clonezilla works by copying used blocks on the storage device (i.e. [[SSD|SATA SSD]], [[Hard disk drive|HDD]] or [[NVMe|NVMe SSD]]).<ref name="sun2012" /> It is intended to support a [[Bare-metal restore|bare-metal]] deployment of an operating systems by booting from a [[Live CD|preinstalled live environment]]. The preinstallation environment can be booted from a [[Live USB|USB flash drive]], [[Live CD|CD/DVD-ROM]] or Android mobile phone.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=DriveDroid - Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en_US&gl=US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121125732/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en_US&gl=US |archive-date=2021-11-21 |access-date=2020-11-26 |website=play.google.com |language=en |quote=DriveDroid allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-09-03 |title=Use DriveDroid to install any Linux Distro from Android |url=https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-linux-distro-from-android/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115302/https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-linux-distro-from-android/ |archive-date=2015-09-05 |access-date=2020-11-26 |website=Make Tech Easier |language=en-US |quote=DriveDroid is an Android application that allows you to boot into a number of Linux distributions on your computer from their ISO/IMG files stored on your device. This enables you to create an emergency rescue disk on your smartphone or try out different Linux distributions instead of using many different USB pendrives or CDs.}}</ref><ref name="shiau2018" /> It uses [[Partclone]], [[Ntfsclone]] and [[Partimage]] to image the drive either over the network or to a locally-attached hard disk drive.<ref name="sun2012" />
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[[File:Clonezilla.png|thumb|Selecting between clone and image mode]]
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[[File:Clonezilla process of cloning from disk to disk.jpg|thumb|Cloning from disk to disk]]


There are two variants of Clonezilla: Clonezilla Live is intended to be used for imaging a single computer, while Clonezilla Server Edition (SE) is intended for mass deployment over a [[computer network]].<ref name="sun2012" />
There are two variants of Clonezilla: Clonezilla Live is intended to be used for imaging a single computer, while Clonezilla Server Edition (SE) is intended for mass deployment over a [[computer network]].<ref name="sun2012" />


=== Clonezilla Live ===
=== Clonezilla Live ===
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[[File:Clonezilla.png|left|thumb|'''Figure 1:''' Selecting between clone and image mode]]
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[[File:Clonezilla process of cloning from disk to disk.jpg|left|thumb|'''Figure 2:''' Cloning from disk to disk]]
Clonezilla Live can image a single computer's storage media or a single partition on the media to an image file stored on a [[SSH server]], [[Samba (software)|Samba network share]], locally-attached hard disk drive or to a [[Distributed file system|network filesystem]] file-share.<ref name="sun2012"/><ref name="shiau2018"/> Alternatively, Clonezilla Live can clone the data on one storage medium to another without the need to create an image file first. Image files can be deployed to the same or different computers as required.
Clonezilla Live can image a single computer's storage media or a single partition on the media to an image file stored on a [[SSH server]], [[Samba (software)|Samba network share]], locally-attached hard disk drive or to a [[Distributed file system|network filesystem]] file-share.<ref name="sun2012"/><ref name="shiau2018"/> Alternatively, Clonezilla Live can clone the data on one storage medium to another without the need to create an image file first. Image files can be deployed to the same or different computers as required.


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== Effectiveness ==
== Effectiveness ==
Clonezilla is an effective tool for deploying software in training laboratories.<ref name="nugroho2020"/><ref name="turriza2018"/><ref name="arrosyidi2018"/> Clonezilla can sometimes be faster than proprietary solutions (i.e. [[Norton Ghost]], [[DriveImage XML]], [[Macrium Reflect]], and [[Active Disk Image]]) for both full image backup and restoration but can be difficult to configure. Clonezilla lacks incremental and differential backup support (which may make deployment slower).<ref name="Gautam" />
Clonezilla is an effective tool for deploying software in training laboratories.<ref name="nugroho2020"/><ref name="turriza2018"/><ref name="arrosyidi2018"/> Clonezilla can sometimes be faster than [[Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office]] and [[Norton Ghost]] for both imaging and restoration but can be difficult to configure. Clonezilla, however, is not a backup or disaster recovery solution because it does not offer incremental and differential snapshots, scheduling, or interruption-free operation.<ref name="Gautam" />

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== Features ==

⚫
=== Filesystem copying ===
⚫
Clonezilla uses information from the filesystem to determine which blocks on a drive require copying. This ensures that only the space currently in use on the drive is copied while empty space is ignored. Clonezilla supports several filesystems including: Linux-based filesystems ([[Ext2]], [[Ext3]], [[Ext4]], [[ReiserFS]], [[XFS]], [[JFS (file system)|JFS]] and [[Btrfs]]); Windows ([[NTFS]] and [[File Allocation Table|FAT]]); [[LVM2]] and some hardware [[RAID]] chip sets.<ref name="sun2012"/> When an unsupported filesystem is imaged or cloned, Clonezilla falls back to copying the data using [[dd (Unix)|dd]]. The [[master boot record]] and other drive metadata is copied using dd by Clonezilla before using PartClone, PartImage or NtfsClone to copy the appropriate filesystem.

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=== Compression ===
⚫
Clonezilla images can be split into smaller files and compressed to save space on the destination drive.<ref name="sun2012"/>

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=== PXE booting ===
⚫
Clonezilla can be booted over a [[computer network]] using [[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE booting]] techniques.<ref name="sun2012"/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

*[[Partclone]]
*[[Partclone]]
*[[Partimage]]
*[[Partimage]]
*[[FSArchiver]]
*[[FSArchiver]]
*[[Redo Rescue]], a Clonezilla derivative
*[[Redo Rescue]], formerly Redo Backup and Recovery, is a [[Free software|free]] backup and disaster recovery software partly based on Clonezilla.


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="Gautam">{{cite journal | last1 = Gautam | first1 = Bishnu Prasad | last2 = Paudel | first2 = Dambar Raj | date = 2012-03-31 | title = A NETWORK LAB EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-CLONING OF OS BY USING CLONEZILLA | journal = 稚内北星学園大学紀要 | url = http://id.nii.ac.jp/1079/00000150/ | script-journal = ja:稚内北星学園大学紀要 | trans-journal = Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University | language = ja,en | publisher = [[Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University]] | publication-date = | volume = | issue = 12 | pages = 51–58 | doi = | doi-access = | issn = 1347-7900 | oclc = 1058882775 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Gautam">{{cite journal | last1 = Gautam | first1 = Bishnu Prasad | last2 = Paudel | first2 = Dambar Raj | date = 2012-03-31 | title = A NETWORK LAB EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-CLONING OF OS BY USING CLONEZILLA | journal = 稚内北星学園大学紀要 | url = http://id.nii.ac.jp/1079/00000150/ | script-journal = ja:稚内北星学園大学紀要 | trans-journal = Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University | language = ja,en | publisher = [[Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University]] | publication-date = | volume = | issue = 12 | pages = 51–58 | doi = | doi-access = | issn = 1347-7900 | oclc = 1058882775 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="drivedroid">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=DriveDroid - Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en_US&gl=US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121125732/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en_US&gl=US |archive-date=2021-11-21 |access-date=2020-11-26 |website=play.google.com |language=en |quote=DriveDroid allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives.}}</ref>

<ref name="drivedroid2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-09-03 |title=Use DriveDroid to install any Linux Distro from Android |url=https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-linux-distro-from-android/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115302/https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-linux-distro-from-android/ |archive-date=2015-09-05 |access-date=2020-11-26 |website=Make Tech Easier |language=en-US |quote=DriveDroid is an Android application that allows you to boot into a number of Linux distributions on your computer from their ISO/IMG files stored on your device. This enables you to create an emergency rescue disk on your smartphone or try out different Linux distributions instead of using many different USB pendrives or CDs.}}</ref>


}}
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Revision as of 14:24, 24 October 2023

Clonezilla
Original author(s)Steven Shiau
Developer(s)NCHC Free Software Labs
Initial release8 September 2007 (2007-September-08)
Stable release
3.2.0-5[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 15 October 2024; 2 months ago (15 October 2024)
Preview release
3.1.1-1[2] / May 7, 2023; 19 months ago (2023-05-07)
Repository
Written inPerl, Unix shell
Operating systemPOSIX, Linux
Available inEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
TypeDisk cloning, disk imaging, system deployment
LicenseGPL
Websiteclonezilla.org

Clonezilla is an open-source suite of disk cloning, disk imaging and system deployment utilities.[3][4][5] Clonezilla Server Edition uses multicast technologies to deploy a single image file to a group of computers on a local area network.[5] Clonezilla was designed by Steven Shiau and developed by the NCHC Free Software Labs in Taiwan.[6][7][8][9]

Clonezilla is used to deploy operating systems to computers by imaging a single computer and then deploying that image to one or more systems.[3][10] It integrates several other open-source programs to provide cloning and imaging capabilities.

Clonezilla works by copying used blocks on the storage device (i.e. SATA SSD, HDD or NVMe SSD).[4] It is intended to support a bare-metal deployment of an operating systems by booting from a preinstalled live environment. The preinstallation environment can be booted from a USB flash drive, CD/DVD-ROM or Android mobile phone.[11][12][5] It uses Partclone, Ntfsclone and Partimage to image the drive either over the network or to a locally-attached hard disk drive.[4]

Features

Filesystem copying

Clonezilla uses information from the filesystem to determine which blocks on a drive require copying. This ensures that only the space currently in use on the drive is copied while empty space is ignored. Clonezilla supports several filesystems including: Linux-based filesystems (Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS and Btrfs); Windows (NTFS and FAT); LVM2 and some hardware RAID chip sets.[4] When an unsupported filesystem is imaged or cloned, Clonezilla falls back to copying the data using dd. The master boot record and other drive metadata is copied using dd by Clonezilla before using PartClone, PartImage or NtfsClone to copy the appropriate filesystem.

Compression

Clonezilla uses ZIP compression by default but can use other schemes such as LZMA or BZIP2. Drive images can be split into smaller files and compressed to save space on the destination drive.[4]

PXE booting

Clonezilla can be booted over a computer network using PXE booting techniques.[4]

Variants

Selecting between clone and image mode
Cloning from disk to disk

There are two variants of Clonezilla: Clonezilla Live is intended to be used for imaging a single computer, while Clonezilla Server Edition (SE) is intended for mass deployment over a computer network.[4]

Clonezilla Live

Clonezilla Live can image a single computer's storage media or a single partition on the media to an image file stored on a SSH server, Samba network share, locally-attached hard disk drive or to a network filesystem file-share.[4][5] Alternatively, Clonezilla Live can clone the data on one storage medium to another without the need to create an image file first. Image files can be deployed to the same or different computers as required.

Unlike Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office and Norton Ghost, Clonezilla lacks an agent that can be installed into the operating system. Instead, Clonezilla was designed under the assumption that the disk should be cloned without interfering with the operating system. It is booted from a preinstallation environment and operations are performed within a consistent environment.[5]

Clonezilla Server Edition (SE)

Clonezilla Server Edition (SE) can clone many computers at the same time using multicast technology over a computer network.[13] Multicast support is provided by UDPCast tool.[4]

Since such an environment is difficult to configure, users can download a Live disk that provides the operating system with all the necessary configurations already done.[4] Images are uploaded to an image repository configured by the user, which may be a local directory on the same server as Clonezilla SE or a remote location such as a network-attached storage that is accessed using SSH or Samba.

Effectiveness

Clonezilla is an effective tool for deploying software in training laboratories.[13][3][10] Clonezilla can sometimes be faster than Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office and Norton Ghost for both imaging and restoration but can be difficult to configure. Clonezilla, however, is not a backup or disaster recovery solution because it does not offer incremental and differential snapshots, scheduling, or interruption-free operation.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Steven Shiau (15 October 2024). "[Clonezilla-release] Stable Clonezilla live 3.2.0-5 Released". Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ^ Shiau, Steven. "Clonezilla - Downloads". Clonezilla.org. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  3. ^ a b c Turriza, Jose Luis Lira; Manuel, José; Huh, Yaqueline Pech; Avila, Miguel Cohuo (1 February 2018). "Comparative study of restoration tools by cloning using LSP method" (PDF). Revista Ingeniantes (in English and Spanish). 5 (1): 53–59. ISSN 2395-9452. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sun, Ceasar; Shiau, Steven; Wang, Jazz; Tsai, Thomas (2012). Clonezilla: a next generation clone solution for cloud (PDF). Proceedings of the Oral presented at Open Source Conference Tokyo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e Shiau, Steven J. H.; Sun, Chen-Kai; Tsai, Yu-Chin; Juang, Jer-Nan; Huang, Chi-Yo (12 June 2018). "The Design and Implementation of a Novel Open Source Massive Deployment System". Applied Sciences. 8 (6). MDPI: 965. doi:10.3390/app8060965. ISSN 2076-3417. OCLC 828808191.
  6. ^ Smith, Jesse (27 March 2010). "Disk Imaging with Clonezilla". OSNews. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ Wallen, Jack (10 March 2010). "Review: Clonezilla system imaging". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ Germain, Jack M. (28 December 2011). "Clonezilla: A Drive-Duping Monster With a Fearsome Face". LinuxInsider. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ Sharma, Mayank (2 July 2007). "Manage partitions and disks with GParted-Clonezilla live CD". Linux.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b Achmad, Arrosyidi; Edo Yonatan, Koentjoro (3 June 2018). The Comparation of The Duration of Five Software to Restore The Operating System (PDF). International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITAS). Surabaya, Indonesia: Institut Bisnis dan Informatika Stikom Surabaya. pp. 91–93. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ "DriveDroid - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2020-11-26. DriveDroid allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives.
  12. ^ "Use DriveDroid to install any Linux Distro from Android". Make Tech Easier. 2015-09-03. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2020-11-26. DriveDroid is an Android application that allows you to boot into a number of Linux distributions on your computer from their ISO/IMG files stored on your device. This enables you to create an emergency rescue disk on your smartphone or try out different Linux distributions instead of using many different USB pendrives or CDs.
  13. ^ a b Nugroho, Andi; Yuliadi, Boy (1 March 2020). "Effectiveness of the Application Clonezilla to Clone Image with Ubuntu Server 12.04 and Samba Server" (PDF). International Journal of Open Information Technologies. 8 (3): 26–32. ISSN 2307-8162. OCLC 859597845. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ^ Gautam, Bishnu Prasad; Paudel, Dambar Raj (31 March 2012). "A NETWORK LAB EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-CLONING OF OS BY USING CLONEZILLA". 稚内北星学園大学紀要 稚内北星学園大学紀要 [Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University] (in Japanese and English) (12). Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University: 51–58. ISSN 1347-7900. OCLC 1058882775.
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