[solved]researching remaster pclos 2012

[houndhen]

Here is the link to my pastebin http://pastebin.com/f3Z5U4SX Hope it works. Not sure of what I am doing.
Anyway, I did a file search afterward and no iso file turned up. here is the result of df after

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df
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda9             9.7G  4.5G  4.8G  49% /
/dev/sda7              60G   20G   37G  35% /homeI did notice that the size of 'pclos2012_jhw.iso' was zero bytes.

[AS]

Here is the link to my pastebin http://pastebin.com/f3Z5U4SX Hope it works. Not sure of what I am doing.
Anyway, I did a file search afterward and no iso file turned up. here is the result of df after

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df
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda9             9.7G  4.5G  4.8G  49% /
/dev/sda7              60G   20G   37G  35% /homeI did notice that the size of 'pclos2012_jhw.iso' was zero bytes.

I saw the pastebin log, it lack of the initial part, therefore it's not possible to check the command you have run,
however yes, it look like you are exceeding the 4 GB size ...

[Just17]

Here is the link to my pastebin http://pastebin.com/f3Z5U4SX Hope it works. Not sure of what I am doing.
Anyway, I did a file search afterward and no iso file turned up. here is the result of df after

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df
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda9             9.7G  4.5G  4.8G  49% /
/dev/sda7              60G   20G   37G  35% /homeI did notice that the size of 'pclos2012_jhw.iso' was zero bytes.

You should be able to see the files that were created in the process in the working directory

--workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/

If the livecd.sqfs file is larger than 4GB then an ISO cannot be created.
The files could be used on a LiveUSB.

[houndhen]

You should be able to see the files that were created in the process in the working directory

--workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/

If the livecd.sqfs file is larger than 4GB then an ISO cannot be created.
The files could be used on a LiveUSB.

Here is a list of the files and folders in the /Desktop/temp folder

excludes.list
initrd.dir/
initrd.mnt/
livecd/
sort_iso.list
sort.list

Looks like livecd.sqfs is 6.1 GB. I will be looking to see what I can do to reduce the size?

[Just17]

You should be able to see the files that were created in the process in the working directory

--workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/

If the livecd.sqfs file is larger than 4GB then an ISO cannot be created.
The files could be used on a LiveUSB.

Here is a list of the files and folders in the /Desktop/temp folder

excludes.list
initrd.dir/
initrd.mnt/
livecd/
sort_iso.list
sort.list

Looks like livecd.sqfs is 6.1 GB. I will be looking to see what I can do to reduce the size?

You can build a LiveUSB from the files in livecd/  if you wish .....  using LiveUSB Creator.

Else you need to reduce the files included in the remaster ......  first deleting the 'working' directory from the last attempt and then omitting some of the larger directories in /home for the next remaster.

That would be my approach .....  but maybe wait for another comment ....

[houndhen]

I have tried a couple of more times and haven't been able to get thelivecd.sqfs file below 5.5 gb. I added most of the folders in the /home/pclos folder to the --nodir but no luck. I will keep trying and I will post back when I have something worthwhile to report.

[houndhen]

You can build a LiveUSB from the files in livecd/  if you wish .....  using LiveUSB Creator.

Else you need to reduce the files included in the remaster ......  first deleting the 'working' directory from the last attempt and then omitting some of the larger directories in /home for the next remaster.

That would be my approach .....  but maybe wait for another comment ....

I have tried omitting some of the larger directories in the /home folder and that didn't work. If I do away with the working directory, will that reduce the size of iso?

I may try the liveusb approach after some research on how to do it.

[Just17]

You can build a LiveUSB from the files in livecd/  if you wish .....  using LiveUSB Creator.

Else you need to reduce the files included in the remaster ......  first deleting the 'working' directory from the last attempt and then omitting some of the larger directories in /home for the next remaster.

That would be my approach .....  but maybe wait for another comment ....

I have tried omitting some of the larger directories in the /home folder and that didn't work. If I do away with the working directory, will that reduce the size of iso?

I may try the liveusb approach after some research on how to do it.

I think you have omitted the working directory from the remaster.

If you want to see what is taking up the space you could try   Filelight   from the repo .........  a graphic representation of the file sizes

[houndhen]

I think you have omitted the working directory from the remaster.

If you want to see what is taking up the space you could try   Filelight   from the repo .........  a graphic representation of the file sizes

You are correct, I have omitted the working directory from the remaster. I was looking at some of the posts about making a live USB and it seems that I have to have an iso file. If I can remaster my system because it is too big then I won't have the iso file that I want (which was my system as I have tweaked it). The only thing it seems to do is uninstall some of the stuff that I have installed. If I do that then I am not remastering my system that I wanted to start with.

I am not complaining, just expressing my thoughts. If I can't remaster my install and /home (because it is too big) then I might as well start with the iso file from the PCLOS site and tweak it after I install it.

I may take a look at Filelight.

[Just17]

I was looking at some of the posts about making a live USB and it seems that I have to have an iso file.

No, an ISO is definitely the most popular, but the utility can use the files such as are generated by a failed ISO build (because the livecd.sqfs file is too large for ISO).

When you run the utility choose which you wish to use ....  an ISO or files such as are available in a live session .....  those in your workinging directory under /livecd.

If I can't remaster my install and /home (because it is too big) then I might as well start with the iso file from the PCLOS site and tweak it after I install it.

There is a limitation on the size of any file that the ISO can contain ......  which is 4GB.
The original PCLOS ISO contains a file that is less than 700MB.
So there is quite a lot of space left for additions before you hit the 4GB limit of the ISO ......  remembering that this is a compressed file size and equates to about 11GB of installed size.

That is not to say that your full install cannot be remastered .......  as it can ......  you have done so, and the files are in the working directory.
What cannot be done (presently) is an ISO cannot be created of those files of the remaster, because it would break the 4GB limit of the ISO.

The alternate is to use LiveUSB Creator, which does not require an ISO, although it can use one.
Doing this allows a remaster on removable media without the need to first create an ISO, which is a requirement of creating the remaster on optical media.

I have during tests remastered installed systems that were greater than 30GB, and successfully booted them from a LiveUSB flash stick, after running LiveUSB Creator.

If you have a suitably sized flash stick then I suggest you try it ......  particularly if you need to keep a lot of data in your home partition.
On the other hand I think you might find that there is a lot of stuff in your /home that is no required which would reduce the size needed quite a bit.

regards

[houndhen]

Success!!

Thanks to everyone that helped me on this project. I now have a live usb with my PCLOS system on it. It is an 8 gb usb drive that has the 5.6 gb remaster of my system. A final thanks to Just18 for clarifying how to use Live USB Creator when my system was too big for an iso file. I now have something that I can re-install for myself if I have to and also I can install for anyone else that wants to try something other than Windows. Not many people I know are that interested in learning about Linux but there is always hope.

Thanks also to AS and any others that I might not have mentioned.

[Just17]

Glad to see things worked out for you 

Don't forget to delete all unneeded files from your HDD so any subsequent remasters will not be unnecessarily large.