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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2010, 01:42:43 PM »
Looks like you don't have enough room available in /tmp to complete the job.
I freed up 21GB of space and tried again with this result:

[root@localhost snapshot]# mylivecd PCLinuxOS2010.7KDE.iso
mylivecd, version 0.9.3, 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% 00:00:04/00:00:04]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:00:30/00:00:30]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 00:24:51/00:25:10]chmod: cannot access `/tmp/mylivecd.5479/livecd/livecd.sqfs': No such file or directory
DIE========================================================================= ]
FATAL: Execution of 'chmod 644 /tmp/mylivecd.5479/livecd/livecd.sqfs' failed
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2010, 01:46:46 PM »
Snapshot,
Clean up your /tmp directory and run bleachbit and bleachbit-root before trying again.

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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2010, 01:52:59 PM »
Snapshot,
Clean up your /tmp directory and run bleachbit and bleachbit-root before trying again.
Neal, I did that prior to my last attempt and got this result:
[root@localhost snapshot]# mylivecd PCLinuxOS2010.7KDE.iso
mylivecd, version 0.9.3, 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% 00:00:04/00:00:04]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:00:30/00:00:30]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 00:24:51/00:25:10]chmod: cannot access `/tmp/mylivecd.5479/livecd/livecd.sqfs': No such file or directory
DIE========================================================================= ]
FATAL: Execution of 'chmod 644 /tmp/mylivecd.5479/livecd/livecd.sqfs' failed

It should also be noted that I have 27GB free space on /.
« Last Edit: August 12, 2010, 01:59:42 PM by Snapshot »
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #18 on: August 12, 2010, 02:52:20 PM »
[root@localhost snapshot]# mylivecd PCLinuxOS2010.7KDE.iso
mylivecd, version 0.9.3, 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% 00:00:04/00:00:04]
Setting filesystem parameters:                     [100.00% 00:00:29/00:00:29]
Creating compressed image:                         [100.00% 00:25:08/00:25:08]
Creating isolinux boot:                            [100.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]
Creating final iso:                                [100.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]
ls: cannot access PCLinuxOS2010.7KDE.iso: No such file or directory           
Embedding MD5 checksum:
[                                                                            ]Argument "" isn't numeric in division (/) at /usr/sbin/mylivecd line 273.                                     [  0.00% 00:00:00/00:00:00]Error - Unable to open file PCLinuxOS2010.7KDE.iso

Illegal division by zero at /usr/sbin/mylivecd line 291.
Just for grins I ran bleachbit once again then mylivecd yet still no success as you can see above.  Thanks.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #19 on: August 12, 2010, 03:27:41 PM »
This becomes a 4.9GB file in the /tmp directory if that information is useful in diagnosing the problem.  Thanks.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2010, 03:35:58 PM »
Yes it does.

You either don't have enough space to create the iso or the iso you are trying to create is exceeding 4 gigs.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2010, 05:36:02 PM »
Yes it does.

You either don't have enough space to create the iso or the iso you are trying to create is exceeding 4 gigs.
Too large a file is being created but how do I prevent this from happening?  I've tried -and think I did- follow the how-to by the letter yet I'm not successful  When I saw the size of the file I knew that was where the problem lies but I'm not knowledgeable enough to fix it.  Thanks.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2010, 06:18:15 PM »
Snapshot,
You must reduce the size, either by excluding about 1 GB of files or by removing about 1 GB of files.

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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2010, 06:37:38 PM »
Snapshot,
You must reduce the size, either by excluding about 1 GB of files or by removing about 1 GB of files.

Ok.  I understand that but the part that puzzles me is that I'm trying to reduce only 7GB of files into less than 4.  My / partition is 33GB and I have 27GB free.  Are you stating that 6GB can't be compressed to 4?  This is a fresh install of PCLOS just done Sunday.  I'm trying to understand why suddenly I can't create a 4GB file out of a smaller install than a much larger one from which I created a little over a month ago.  This just doesn't compute.  Thanks.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2010, 06:40:21 PM »
Some files do not compress well. The more of this type you have, the less you can compress. System files will compress fine.

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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #25 on: August 12, 2010, 06:44:40 PM »
Some files do not compress well. The more of this type you have, the less you can compress. System files will compress fine.
Correct.  I'm very aware of this but again looking back at early July when I created a live dvd iso of a May 2010 installation of PCLOS which had a far higher number of apps - mostly the same apps as now - this should work.   To be entirely accurate I have 27.7GB free on a 33GB / partition.  This is just a hair over 5GB.  If PCLOS only uses 4GB on an average install then surely I should be able to get a 4GB ISO from 5.   ???  My previous iso was 1.9GB created out of PCLOS2010.7KDE.  Unfortunately this iso was corrupted with(from) Mandriva and was unusable but it worked perfectly when I created it and my files were all there as were 3 user accounts.  I want to give you as much information as possible so that you will have a clear understanding why I'm confused.  Thanks.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2010, 09:32:26 AM »
Some files do not compress well. The more of this type you have, the less you can compress. System files will compress fine.
I just tried again using a different user account in hopes that that would work but got the same result.  There are 755 files and 134 sub-folders. Is there anything else I could try that might work?  Or else simply forget the whole process once and for all?  I simply have no explanation why it worked a month ago on a different install but not now.  Thanks for your time and input.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2010, 12:54:31 PM »
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This is just a hair over 5GB.

That is your root? what about your home?

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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2010, 02:18:45 PM »
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This is just a hair over 5GB.

That is your root? what about your home?
Yes, that's my root.  Home is already backed up on a separate HDD and there is no need to back that up.  Personal files are completely safe therefore all I need is /.  I do not wish to make a live cd of /home as I know that there is no way it will fit/compress to a dvd.  There was the presumption that all I was remastering was /.  If this is incorrect then therein lies the problem.  All I need is /.  Thanks for the reply.
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Re: 2010 Remastering
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2010, 02:50:59 PM »
Well I don't think that iso will be usable without a /home
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