it is solved. i just had to use "genisoimage -o <isoname>.iso -J -R -l <directory name>" and it preserves the long filenames as is. Previously i was just using -l so the files were still truncated. Thank you for your help guys. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines