[solved]researching remaster pclos 2012

[houndhen]

Home will be there. Your problem with remastering was size. 35G home is way too big!     

I use one home partition for 4 distros. I thought that the --nodir would take out all of the folders except the pclos folder in the /home partition. I know, it is probably way weird. The pclos home folder is only 1.6 gb.

Anyway, Can I use this test.iso to install on my laptop?
Then can I copy my files over from my (desktop pc) pclos home folder and paste them in the laptop pclos /home folder?
If so, then I will need to get the hidden files and folders also.

Can I rename test.iso to a better name and it still work?

[Neal ManBear]

Yes, you should be able to install that ISO.     
Yes, you can copy over files, including the hidden files.     
Right click > Rename.     

[AS]

Home will be there. Your problem with remastering was size. 35G home is way too big!     

I use one home partition for 4 distros. I thought that the --nodir would take out all of the folders except the pclos folder in the /home partition. I know, it is probably way weird. The pclos home folder is only 1.6 gb.

use this command to verify about the real sizes of each folder in /home

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du -s /home/*I think you are correct, and you are effectively trying to remaster 1.6 GB from /home + 3.4 GB from '/' ... which should work.
 ... as I have a suspect I want to verify ... there will be a follow up shortly.

Anyway, Can I use this test.iso to install on my laptop?

that ISO actually will work, but doesn't contain a /home, you will need to login as root and create a new user as first step, then relogin.

Then can I copy my files over from my (desktop pc) pclos home folder and paste them in the laptop pclos /home folder?
If so, then I will need to get the hidden files and folders also.

Hidden files are all inside each user home, therefore inside /home/<user>, a tar archive of /home/<user> will include all files including those hidden.

Can I rename test.iso to a better name and it still work?

Yes, of course.

[houndhen]

Thanks to everyone for working with me and being so patient. I have learned a lot.

[AS]

Why this command has failed:

mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-another distro,^/home/isos --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.iso

Because the workdir is not automatically excluded from the remaster, I think this is glitch (if not a bug) of mylivecd, and should be fixed.

houndhen,

the next time retry as follow:

mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-another distro,^/home/isos,^/home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp  --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.iso

[houndhen]

Thanks AS. You have been a great help.

[AS]

Thanks AS. You have been a great help.

You are welcome 

I would like a confirmation (or not) about the workdir directory exclusion, if it was part of your issue. Thanks.

AS

[houndhen]

OK. What would you like me to do. I think that my partitions were bigger than 4.7 gb. The pclos /home folder was 1.6 gb and the / folder was 3.4 or something like that.

Just let me know what you want me to do. and I will try. It worked when you gave me this to try:

mylivecd  --gzip  --nodir  ^/home   test.iso

Just to let you know what you want me to do.

FYI... I was able to get the remaster installed and fumbled thru with adding a user, home folder and getting my compressed data from my desktop home folder. I am not real swift with Ark. I just have never used it that much or studied up on how to use it. Anyway, my laptop is running my remaster of PCLOS 2012 and I learned how to do something that I have never done before! Had a lot of good help and it was fun.

[AS]

OK. What would you like me to do. I think that my partitions were bigger than 4.7 gb. The pclos /home folder was 1.6 gb and the / folder was 3.4 or something like that.

That is the uncompressed size, which should be reduced to approx. 30%/35%, therefore you should be able to complete a mylivecd session. The 4GiB limit refers to the final ISO, that should allow you to remaster up to 10 GiB uncompressed.

Just let me know what you want me to do. and I will try. It worked when you gave me this to try:

mylivecd  --gzip  --nodir  ^/home   test.iso

Just to let you know what you want me to do.

FYI... I was able to get the remaster installed and fumbled thru with adding a user, home folder and getting my compressed data from my desktop home folder. I am not real swift with Ark. I just have never used it that much or studied up on how to use it. Anyway, my laptop is running my remaster of PCLOS 2012 and I learned how to do something that I have never done before! Had a lot of good help and it was fun.

I have posted a modified version of your mylivecd command on post #34
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,102567.msg875525.html#msg875525

mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-another distro,^/home/isos,^/home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp  --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.iso

if and when you will retry a remaster, just let us know about the result. 

AS

[houndhen]

Will do. I have another laptop that I am working on for a friend so it won't be right away. I copied and saved your mylivecd command and will use it.

[houndhen]

mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-another distro,^/home/isos,^/home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp  --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.iso

if and when you will retry a remaster, just let us know about the result. 

AS

[/quote]Been trying to post the results of my latest remaster try but when I click on preview, everything that I put in the reply is gone and I haven't been able to get it back. Will try in smaller doses.

[AS]

mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-another distro,^/home/isos,^/home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp  --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.iso

if and when you will retry a remaster, just let us know about the result. 

AS

Been trying to post the results of my latest remaster try but when I click on preview, everything that I put in the reply is gone and I haven't been able to get it back. Will try in smaller doses.
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If you need to post long logs, use http://pastebin.com or similar services and post here the related link 

[houndhen]

if and when you will retry a remaster, just let us know about the result. 

AS

I ran bleachbit, bleachbit su, and the df command before.
df before

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df
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda9             9.7G  4.5G  4.8G  49% /
/dev/sda7              60G   14G   43G  25% /homeHere is the mylivecd command that I ran

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mylivecd --nodir ^/home/hal-crunch,^/home/hal-mepis,^/home/hal-ubuntu,^/home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp  --workdir /home/hal-pclos/Desktop/temp/ --gzip pclos2012_jhw.isoApparently the output of mylivecd is what is too big.Never have used the pastebin. How do I do it and where is it?

[AS]

Apparently the output of mylivecd is what is too big.Never have used the pastebin. How do I do it and where is it?

click on the following: http://pastebin.com  and copy & paste the log output, then post here the link.

alternatively upload a log file to: http://fileconvoy.com and post the provided link here.

[houndhen]

Just noticed the pastebin link. Will look into it and post back.