[SOLVED] mirror-slackware-current.sh produces 5.4 GB dvd iso?

damgar · 08-07-2012, 11:35 PM

Using Eric's script as such:

Code:

mirror-slackware-current.sh -i -o DVD

the resulting DVD iso is 5.4 GB according to KDE and I'm unable to boot the iso beyond the boot: prompt. Any ideas?

Output is:

Code:

root@dell:~# mirror-slackware-current.sh -i -o DVD
Changing to /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-current ...
Tue Aug  7 23:31:47 CDT 2012 [21879]: Creating DVD ISO image for slackware-current...
Tue Aug  7 23:35:16 CDT 2012 [21879]: DVD ISO created (exit code 0) ...
Tue Aug  7 23:35:17 CDT 2012 [21879]: Computing MD5 checksums of the ISO's (time consuming).
Tue Aug  7 23:36:27 CDT 2012 [21879]: Resulting ISO files:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5753311232 Aug  7 23:35 /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-current-iso/slackware-current-install-dvd.iso
Tue Aug  7 23:36:27 CDT 2012 [21879]: Done!

ReaperX7 · 08-07-2012, 11:45 PM

It's the /sources directory that make it as big as it is now.

Edit the mirror-slackware-current.sh to exclude the Slackware Sources and it'll fit onto a normal DVD+R disk. If you used a Dual-Layer DVD+R disk it might not burn correctly with the standard burning tools.

Slackware 14.0 is going to probably offer it's disk set with Disk1 as the Media Installation Disk and Disk2 as the Source Archive Disk.

damgar · 08-07-2012, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

It's the /sources directory that make it as big as it is now.

Edit the mirror-slackware-current.sh to exclude the Slackware Sources and it'll fit onto a normal DVD+R disk. If you used a Dual-Layer DVD+R disk it might not burn correctly with the standard burning tools.

Slackware 14.0 is going to probably offer it's disk set with Disk1 as the Media Installation Disk and Disk2 as the Source Archive Disk.

Oh wow, I hadn't even noticed how big the mirror had gotten! It looks like 3GB of source. I wonder if the script will be getting upgraded anytime soon?

volkerdi · 08-07-2012, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

Slackware 14.0 is going to probably offer it's disk set with Disk1 as the Media Installation Disk and Disk2 as the Source Archive Disk.

Likely it'll be 32-bit installation on one side, and x86_64 on the other, with half the source on each side (since /source is identical for x86 and x86_64... finally). We might go with 3 online DVDs though... haven't decided for sure yet.

Alien Bob · 08-08-2012, 02:52 AM

I've uploaded a new version of mirror-slackware-current.sh which excludes ./source and ./extra/source by default when building a DVD ISO file. This will give you a DVD ISO which is much less than 3 GB in size, so that it will again fit on a DVD medium.

Eric

chrisretusn · 08-08-2012, 06:22 AM

I have my DVD size down to 1.9GB with the following in mirror-slackware-current.conf:

Code:

# If you want to exclude more from the DVD ISO than just the ./testing
# directory, you can add the directories to DVD_EXCLUDES.
# The pathnames must be local to the top level and must start with ./
DVD_EXCLUDES="-x ./extra/source -x ./source -x ./testing -x ./slackware*/kdei"

hitest · 08-08-2012, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

I've uploaded a new version of mirror-slackware-current.sh which excludes ./source and ./extra/source by default when building a DVD ISO file. This will give you a DVD ISO which is much less than 3 GB in size, so that it will again fit on a DVD medium.

Eric

Thanks Eric. I used your updated script to create a 2.3 GB slackware-current DVD.

ReaperX7 · 08-08-2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volkerdi

Likely it'll be 32-bit installation on one side, and x86_64 on the other, with half the source on each side (since /source is identical for x86 and x86_64... finally). We might go with 3 online DVDs though... haven't decided for sure yet.

Sounds like a good idea.

The online DVDs would be fickle and 3 disks would be ideal for free downloadable distributions. This way if you need a source disk yo can have one, but still have an installation disk.

damgar · 08-08-2012, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

I have my DVD size down to 1.9GB with the following in mirror-slackware-current.conf:

Code:

# If you want to exclude more from the DVD ISO than just the ./testing
# directory, you can add the directories to DVD_EXCLUDES.
# The pathnames must be local to the top level and must start with ./
DVD_EXCLUDES="-x ./extra/source -x ./source -x ./testing -x ./slackware*/kdei"

Thanks for that, I was screwing the syntax up. And thanks to Eric for updating the default script.