[Solved] Error using an external drive to hold iso

[OldGuy]

I'm trying a new mylivecd command, my external disk is IOMEGA_HDD and I want to use that
for the iso, and got an error somewhere in the command below:

mylivecd --gzip --nodir ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD,^/home/rose/Music,^/home/rose/Pictures ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso

CLI Output is below:

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: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list
running: /sbin/chkconfig --list


Creating initrd:                                   [100.00% 00:00:06/00:00:06]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:00:12/00:00:12]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 00:09:48/00:09:48]
Creating isolinux boot:                            [100.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]
Creating final iso:                                [100.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]

Restoring Services on the installed system

ls: cannot access ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso: No such file or directory
Argument "" isn't numeric in division (/) at /usr/sbin/mylivecd line 244.

Created '^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso' (0,000 bytes) in 00:10:08

Any tips or advice would be welcomed

[johnmart]

I think there is an error in your command line:

mylivecd --gzip --nodir ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD,^/home/rose/Music,^/home/rose/Pictures ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso

remove the caret preceding /IOMEGA.....
Give that a try.
Oh, of course it would need to be mounted. 

[djohnston]

I think there is an error in your command line:

mylivecd --gzip --nodir ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD,^/home/rose/Music,^/home/rose/Pictures ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso

remove the caret preceding /IOMEGA.....
Give that a try.

Definitely. You're trying to write the iso to /media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso, but you specified it as ^/media/IOMEGA_HDD/test.iso (last entry on the command line).

[OldGuy]

Thanks for the replies, sure enough removing the caret allows the function to complete.  Which raises the question on where and when to use ^ in ones parameter string.  I'll have to do some more reading to clear that up in my mind. 

[johnmart]

I don't use many options with mylivecd, but in my experience the ^ is used with the option to exclude files & directories from the remaster.
checkout mylivecd --help
Have fun