[Bootcd-user] got error during running bootcdwrite

[Olivier Le Cam]

Hi the list,

> 22220 blocks
> --- Sizes in KByte (du -klsc ) ---
> NOT_TO_CD =  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
> CD_ALL (SRCDISK v NOT_TO_CD) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1672692
> Needed = CD_ALL - NOT_TO_CD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1672692
> CD (650 MB) =  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665600
> because of compression perhaps double size = . . . . . . . . . . . 1331200
> --- WARNING ---
> SRCDISK does not fit on CD (Needed > CD)
> You can specify TYP=DVD instead of TYP=CD in bootcdwrite.conf.
> You can exclude files/dirs in NOT_TO_CD in bootcdwrite.conf.
> You can try to ignore this problem, if you only want an iso image.
> --- (e)xit (i)gnore --- i

First, you should maybe not just ignore this warnings. Follow what 
bootcd is advising. Even if these warnings are not crippling to get the 
ISO created and operational. Just my thought!

> Warning: using transparent compression. This is a nonstandard Rock Ridge
>        extension. The resulting filesystem can only be transparently
>        read on Linux. On other operating systems you need to call
>        mkzftree by hand to decompress the files.

This message is normal.

> After giving this warning message the terminal hasbeen automatically
> closed and final image is not created in the corresponding path. I
> don't understand what is the actual error, and what is the solution of
> it.

Are you sure that no ISO is created in /var/spool/bootcd?

Run bootcdwrite in a console (xterm or similar) in order to see 
everything said by bootcdwrite, especially before it exits.

Regards,
-- 
Olivier Le Cam
Département des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication
CRDP de l'académie de Versailles