Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > I am trying to create an iso file with the command mkisofs, but > getting the following problem: > > $ mkisofs -r -R -J -l -L -max-iso9660-filenames -V "ISOS 22" -o > ~/Desktop/isos22.iso . > mkisofs: The option '-L' is reserved by POSIX.1-2001. > mkisofs: The option '-L' means 'follow all symbolic links'. > mkisofs: Mkisofs-2.02 will introduce POSIX semantics for '-L'. > mkisofs: Use -allow-leading-dots in future to get old mkisofs behavior. > Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660. > Warning: ISO-9660 filenames longer than 31 may cause buffer overflows in > the OS. > INFO: ISO-8859-1 character encoding detected by locale settings. > Assuming ISO-8859-1 encoded filenames on source filesystem, > use -input-charset to override. > mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File ./myfile.iso is > too large - ignoring > > myfile.iso is a 4,1GB file. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul > The problem is in the ISO9660 file system specifications. There is a file size limit of 2GB. There is supposed to be a way to split up a file into multiple extents, each not exceeding the 2 GB limit, but I do not know how to do it with mkisofs. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
