Jason
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Posted: May 14 2005,19:23 |
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Yes, this thread is another remastering question. I've really tried self-help methods trying to find something that works, maybe I'm missing something...
I started trying to remaster DSL using meo's posts in the "big" DSL remastering thread, using the most current instructions for the version of DSL I'm using (1.1).
Since I have only 128 MB RAM (OK, technically 112 MB since my onboard video steals some), 1 FAT32-formatted HD, no USB pendrives or DSL HD installs, I'm using a loopfile on my hda1, created using info in henk.1955's post here.
I'm able to copy over all the files, add the new files I want to the /mnt/test/source directory, and create the KNOPPIX file system file using mkisofs, except when I try to create the ISO file itself, mkisofs refuses, giving some sort of error each time:| Code Sample | root@ttyp0[dsl]# mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mydsl /mnt/test
mkisofs: Uh oh, I cant find the boot catalog directory 'mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux'!
root@ttyp0[dsl]# mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b /mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c /mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mydsl.iso /mnt/test
call to search_tree_file with an absolute path, stripping
initial path separator. Hope this was intended...
mkisofs: Uh oh, I cant find the boot catalog directory '/mnt/test/newcd/boot/isolinux'! |
I've done some web and DSL forum searches for info on mkisofs, come up with info on the command here and here, the latter thanks to clivesay's post here, so I feel I now know a little about what I'm doing with all these command switches. Also used "mkisofs -help" in bash to find out the version of mkisofs included in DSL is this one, unfortunatley the website seems to only have the source code. I also discovered a few syntax errors with how I was trying to use mkisofs in Can't remaster dsl 0.8.2, which the poster there used largely the same syntax I was using to create the ISO.
With this information, I tried again, twice, unfortunatley with similar results:| Code Sample | root@ttyp0[dsl]# mount /mnt/hda1/loopfile/disk.img /mnt/test -o loop
root@ttyp0[dsl]# mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mnt/hda1/dsl.iso mnt/test/newcd
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - mnt/test/newcd
root@ttyp0[dsl]# mkisofs -no-pad -l -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat -hide-rr-moved -o mnt/hda1/dsl.iso /mnt/test/newcd
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Unable to open disc image file |
I looked up the "unable to open disc image file" error on a web search, but didn't come up with anything of any help.
The really strange thing: when I issued the mkisofs command to make an ISO that didn't work because the files were on my FAT32-formatted hda1, it created the ISO, no problem, however, as discussed in the loopfile creation thread above, its not going to boot.
In short:
Used search option on DSL forum to try to find answer: check
Used search option on DSL documentation to try to find answer: check
Used web search to try to find answer/more information: check
I really hope I've done enough on my part in research to *not* sound like another 'I use windows, please give me a personalized answer on a silver platter' user that only posts when they can't get something to work, and that I now know (thanks mostly to everyone who posts here) enough about what what I'm doing to understand the answer. However, if I need to keep digging somewhere, please let me know.
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