Failed creation of MyliveCD SOLVED

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I have attempted 3x to create a livecd backup as I have done several times before yet every attempt has failed with the following result:

[root@localhost shutterbug]# mylivecd --nodir=^/backup PCLinuxOS2010.iso
mylivecd, version 0.9.4, http://pclinuxos.com/
Copyright (C) 2010, Texstar <texstar at gmail.com>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Disabling Services not needed on the LiveCD

running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del atd
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del crond
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del syslog
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 3: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 4: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 5: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del kheader
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del xinetd


Creating initrd:                                   [100.00% 00:00:06/00:00:06]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:01:47/00:01:47]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 03:01:19/03:01:19]
Creating isolinux boot:                            [100.00% 00:00:01/00:00:01]
Creating final iso:                                [100.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]

Restoring Services on the installed system

running: chkconfig --add atd
running: chkconfig --add crond
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
running: chkconfig --add syslog
running: chkconfig --add kheader
running: chkconfig --add xinetd
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
ls: cannot access PCLinuxOS2010.iso: No such file or directory
Argument "" isn't numeric in division (/) at /usr/sbin/mylivecd line 244.

Created 'PCLinuxOS2010.iso' (0,000 bytes) in 03:03:17

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[AS]

I have seen a similar error reported when the total ISO size exceed some limits .... 4 Gb if I'm not wrong ...
what report the command: df -m  ?

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I have seen a similar error reported when the total ISO size exceed some limits .... 4 Gb if I'm not wrong ...
what report the command: df -m  ?

[root@localhost shutterbug]# df -m
Filesystem           1M-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1                33803      1561     30526   5% /
/dev/sdb5               329084    126983    185385  41% /backup
/dev/sda5               435651     18093    417558   5% /home
/dev/sdb1               137852      8909    121941   7% /usr
/dev/sdb6                 2348        68      2161   4% /media/disk

[AS]

The compression factor of the ISO image is approx 1/3, it appear to you have 18 Gb /home + 1.5 Gb / + 8 Gb /usr, a total of 27 Gb,
which compressed will amount to something like 9 Gb, far outside the mylivecd limits.

You may want to exclude and backup separately the /home ... in addition to the already excluded /backup.

AS

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That's odd that the file remains so large as I moved all of my large files to the backup drive prior to starting.  I'll go back and see what didn't get moved and try again.  I'll post the results then.  Thank you.

update:

I forgot that I had multiple user accounts in /home that were inactive.  By removing these accounts my /home is now reduced to 1.9GB and I'm now running the mylivecd script once again.

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The process completed the ISO this time but I still haven't tested it.  Although I created a ISO the error message showed up again and I don't know the meaning of it.  Here is the complete process:

Disabling Services not needed on the LiveCD

running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del atd
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del crond
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del syslog
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 3: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 4: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
Warning: syslog is needed by script(s) in runlevel 5: xinetd(start) xinetd(stop)
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del kheader
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: chkconfig --del xinetd


Creating initrd:                                   [100.00% 00:00:06/00:00:06]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:01:19/00:01:19]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 01:18:56/01:18:56]
Creating isolinux boot:                            [100.00% 00:00:01/00:00:01]
Creating final iso:                                [100.00% 00:02:05/00:02:05]
                                                                             
Restoring Services on the installed system

running: chkconfig --add atd
running: chkconfig --add crond
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 2
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 3
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 4
Warning: syslog is needed by crond in runlevel 5
running: chkconfig --add syslog
running: chkconfig --add kheader
running: chkconfig --add xinetd
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4
Warning: network-up is needed by xinetd in runlevel 4

Created 'PCLinuxOS2010.iso' (3683,854,336 bytes) in 01:22:32

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Burned and tested a DVD made from the ISO and it worked perfectly.  I will mark this solved.

Thanks.

[AS]

The process completed the ISO this time but I still haven't tested it.  Although I created a ISO the error message showed up again and I don't know the meaning of it.  Here is the complete process:

There are no error messages in your log, are informative messages about what is going on, and the warnings are harmless.
Glad you sorted out the issue. 

AS

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The process completed the ISO this time but I still haven't tested it.  Although I created a ISO the error message showed up again and I don't know the meaning of it.  Here is the complete process:

There are no error messages in your log, are informative messages about what is going on, and the warnings are harmless.
Glad you sorted out the issue. 

AS

Thanks for the answers and thanks for the help.

BR,
Bob