(SOLVED!) 2010 re-master gives me an iso with the big red X

[Dragynn]

Hey guys,

Trying for a remaster of my Gnome Zen Mini install for a backup. I emptied out the majority of my home files, it's a basic Gnome Zen install with just a few progs installed, hard drive space that the whole install takes up currently is less than 3 gigs. Ran the "umount -a" command and got an error message about "/" being in use, went ahead after a couple of tries and used the "mylivecd blah.iso" and it went after it with pretty good speed and kicked me out the blah.iso into my home file, but the iso has the big red X on it, and doesn't want to burn, the program begins to burn and then immediately ejects the CD. I tried burning with just the right-click "write to disc" command, and also through the Brasero front-end. I screwed up and close the terminal without copying the info, I can do it again if need be, but saved the Brasero error report if that helps:


Any tips or hints would be appreciated, if I need to re-master again and post the terminal output to help diagnose the problem, just let me know, and thanks in advance!

*edit* solved and deleted superfluous Brasero log for brevity.

[Neal ManBear]

Ran the "umount -a" command and got an error message about "/" being in use...

That message is to tell you that you can not unmount a working partition. It is the unmounting of the other partitions that is important.

.....the iso has the big red X on it, and doesn't want to burn....

If there is a big red x on it, then there is something wrong with it. You should not try to burn it. If it burned anyway, it would probably have problems.

Were there any error messages when you ran mylivecd? Please give it another try and post the terminal output here, if you fail to get a good ISO.

[Dragynn]

Hi Neal! I am actually typing this reply while using the new re-master running as a live CD! As it turns out, I was mistaken about the red X, it was actually the "you don't have permission to mess with this file because you are not root" X. I had run the re-master in the root terminal, but was logged in in my user account, so on a hunch, i logged out and logged back in on the root account, and there was my shiny iso sans-red-X!! Right-clicked and selected a slow burn and boo-yah!

First time ever for me that a distro's remaster utility has actually worked as it's supposed to, geez, I know i'm starting to kinda sound like a fanboy, but this OS never ceases to amaze me, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak, but it just never does!

Thanks for your help Neal, really appreciate your prompt reply and willingness to lend a hand, i'll be marking this thread SOLVED!

[Neal ManBear]

If you run mylivecd from your user account (su plus root password in the terminal), you should have the remaster in your user's /home. No permissions issue with that.

[Dragynn]

If you run mylivecd from your user account (su plus root password in the terminal), you should have the remaster in your user's /home. No permissions issue with that.

Well it did put it in the user's /home sure enough, but had the red X, right-clicking and checking the "permissions" tab showed that only root had any rights whatsoever to the file. But logging out the user account and logging back in as root revealed the same file in the same location (user's /home) but without the red X. 

I ran it all from the user's account, my Zen comes with three versions of terminal in the menu, Gnome, root, and xterm, I used root terminal, (which still asks for root password to open of course) to do the umount command and run the re-master. So it seems like it did everything it was supposed, it just set the permissions for the resulting iso to root-only basically...is that not the default? If not, it's very likely to be the tin-foil-hat security settings and permissions that I have extensively messed with...I actually locked my dang-self outta my root account earlier screwing around, but knew where to go to set it back the right way, haha!

[Neal ManBear]

You don't have to log in to the root account. You can open your file manager as root from terminal -- gksu nautilus -- It has been a while since I used gnome, but that should do it.

[Dragynn]

Gotcha, you know I think I actually knew that too, but forgot about it. I can normally open any individual file as root by right-clicking and selecting "open as administrator" and using password, but opening it was not the action I wanted and there's no "burn as administrator" command for the iso, lol!

[Neal ManBear]

Gotcha, you know I think I actually knew that too, but forgot about it. I can normally open any individual file as root by right-clicking and selecting "open as administrator" and using password, but opening it was not the action I wanted and there's no "burn as administrator" command for the iso, lol!

Most root tasks can be done from the user account. It is why gksu was invented.

[Dragynn]

Now I wonder if Clonezilla will do the entire dual-boot-drive? Just have the one HD in this computer, but have an external for backups...ever use Clonezilla to clone a dual-boot system?

[Neal ManBear]

Never tried that. Theoretically, it should work. You won't know till you try.

[uncleV]

Hi Neal! I am actually typing this reply while using the new re-master running as a live CD!

i'll be marking this thread SOLVED!

So where did the bug sit?

[Neal ManBear]

Hi Neal! I am actually typing this reply while using the new re-master running as a live CD!

i'll be marking this thread SOLVED!

So where did the bug sit?

In its little bug chair, of course.