hello. i'm making a customized slackware cd for myself, and while making the ISO i get some weird messages... i'm not even sure if they're actually errors... i'm wondering if any of you slackers can tell me what's going on... basically, the ISO seems to work fine, but still, i'd like to be clear as to what's happening here...

i'm using only two self-made series, "base", and "desktop"...

i've put the weirdness in bold:


bash-2.05b# mkisofs -o /home/win32sux/custom-slack.iso \
> -R -J -V "Custom Slack Install" \
> -hide-rr-moved \
> -v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
> -sort isolinux/iso.sort \
> -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
> -c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
> -A "Custom Slack Install CD" .
Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
mkisofs 2.0.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Scanning .
Scanning ./kernels
Scanning ./kernels/bare.i
Scanning ./kernels/bareacpi.i
Scanning ./kernels/modules
Scanning ./isolinux
Scanning ./slackware
Scanning ./slackware/base
Scanning ./slackware/desktop
Using SLACK000 for /slackware (Slackware-HOWTO)
Using X11_F000.ASC for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-misc-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.asc (x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.asc)
Using X11_F000.TXT for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-scale-6.7.0-noarch-1.txt (x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.txt)
Using X11_F000.TGZ for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-scale-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz (x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz)
Using X11_F001.TXT for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.txt (x11-fonts-misc-6.7.0-noarch-1.txt)
Using X11_F001.TGZ for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz (x11-fonts-misc-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz)
Using X11_F001.ASC for ./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.asc (x11-fonts-scale-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.asc)
Writing: Initial Padbock Start Block 0
Done with: Initial Padbock Block(s) 16
Writing: Primary Volume Descriptor Start Block 16
Done with: Primary Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Eltorito Volume Descriptor Start Block 17

Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
Done with: Eltorito Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Joliet Volume Descriptor Start Block 18
Done with: Joliet Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: End Volume Descriptor Start Block 19
Done with: End Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Version block Start Block 20
Done with: Version block Block(s) 1
Writing: Path table Start Block 21
Done with: Path table Block(s) 4
Writing: Joliet path table Start Block 25
Done with: Joliet path table Block(s) 4
Writing: Directory tree Start Block 29
Done with: Directory tree Block(s) 33
Writing: Joliet directory tree Start Block 62
Done with: Joliet directory tree Block(s) 22
Writing: Directory tree cleanup Start Block 84
Done with: Directory tree cleanup Block(s) 0
Writing: Extension record Start Block 84
Done with: Extension record Block(s) 1
Writing: The File(s) Start Block 85
5.73% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:57 2004
11.45% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:57 2004
17.18% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:51 2004
22.89% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:53 2004
28.62% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:57 2004
34.35% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:54 2004
40.06% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:54 2004
45.79% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:55 2004
51.51% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:55 2004
57.23% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:55 2004
62.96% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:55 2004
68.67% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:56 2004
74.40% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:56 2004
80.12% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:57 2004
85.84% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:56 2004
91.57% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:57 2004
97.29% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 11:59:56 2004
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 38351
Total directory bytes: 63488
Path table size(bytes): 134
Done with: The File(s) Block(s) 87269
Writing: Ending pad block Start Block 87354
Done with: Ending pad block Block(s) 22
Max brk space used 3d000
87376 extents written (170 Mb)


thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this...

=)

It seems that you used a mkisofs option that truncate the file names. Try remove the -R one.

[edit]
or try add -joliet-long
But are you sure that you need all these options ?

hello keefaz... thanks so much for the heads-up about the filename truncation...

=)


i wanna ask you about the "-joliet-long" thing, cuz i managed to make the messages disappear by adding the "-l" option... i used "-l" instead of "-joliet-long" cuz the explanation in "man mkisofs" was less scary... lol... the only downside seemed to be that it might affect usage of the iso on ms-dos systems, something some people might call a cool feature... lol... okay, bad joke... but seriously:

do you think i made a wise choice by using "-l" or do you feel i should opt for "-joliet-long" instead???

well, i'm just going by the README in the isolinux directory:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...nux/README.TXT

=)


once again, thanks so much keefaz...

You have to use -joliet-long instead of -l because the file :
./slackware/desktop/x11-fonts-misc-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.as
has 57 chars

(echo "filename" | wc -c )

[edit]
I am not sure if count come from ./slackware or if it is the filename length only, anyway the file :
x11-fonts-misc-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.as
has 37 chars (too big for -l option)

okay but why do the error messages go away after i do it with "-l"???

plus i mounted the ISO and took a look inside, the filenames were fine... even the big one, x11-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0-noarch-1.tgz.asc, which is like 42 characters...


bash-2.05b# mkisofs -o /home/win32sux/custom-slack.iso \
> -l -R -J -V "Custom Slack Install" \
> -hide-rr-moved \
> -v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
> -sort isolinux/iso.sort \
> -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
> -c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
> -A "Custom Slack Install CD" .
Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
mkisofs 2.0.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Scanning .
Scanning ./kernels
Scanning ./kernels/bare.i
Scanning ./kernels/bareacpi.i
Scanning ./kernels/modules
Scanning ./isolinux
Scanning ./slackware
Scanning ./slackware/base
Scanning ./slackware/desktop
Writing: Initial Padbock Start Block 0
Done with: Initial Padbock Block(s) 16
Writing: Primary Volume Descriptor Start Block 16
Done with: Primary Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Eltorito Volume Descriptor Start Block 17

Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation
Done with: Eltorito Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Joliet Volume Descriptor Start Block 18
Done with: Joliet Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: End Volume Descriptor Start Block 19
Done with: End Volume Descriptor Block(s) 1
Writing: Version block Start Block 20
Done with: Version block Block(s) 1
Writing: Path table Start Block 21
Done with: Path table Block(s) 4
Writing: Joliet path table Start Block 25
Done with: Joliet path table Block(s) 4
Writing: Directory tree Start Block 29
Done with: Directory tree Block(s) 35
Writing: Joliet directory tree Start Block 64
Done with: Joliet directory tree Block(s) 22
Writing: Directory tree cleanup Start Block 86
Done with: Directory tree cleanup Block(s) 0
Writing: Extension record Start Block 86
Done with: Extension record Block(s) 1
Writing: The File(s) Start Block 87
5.73% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:48 2004
11.45% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:31 2004
17.18% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:31 2004
22.89% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:27 2004
28.62% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:31 2004
34.35% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:28 2004
40.06% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:28 2004
45.79% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:31 2004
51.52% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:29 2004
57.23% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:29 2004
62.96% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:29 2004
68.67% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:30 2004
74.40% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:31 2004
80.12% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:30 2004
85.84% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:30 2004
91.57% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:30 2004
97.29% done, estimate finish Sat Jul 10 13:23:30 2004
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 38351
Total directory bytes: 67584
Path table size(bytes): 136
Done with: The File(s) Block(s) 87269
Writing: Ending pad block Start Block 87356
Done with: Ending pad block Block(s) 20
Max brk space used 3d000
87376 extents written (170 Mb)

by the way, when i do it with "-joliet-long" the error messages still appear just as in post #1...

So practice is always better than theory

yeah, but still, thanks for all your help man, i really appreciate it...

=)