[gentoo-catalyst] filesystem not readable

[gentoo-catalyst] filesystem not readable

[Lanza Fabrizio]

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 Hi,
I'm using the last dev version of catalyst, r9. When my .iso was
completed and burned, I noticed that I can read the contents of the CD
only from linux. Windows cannot read it, and sees it as blank.
 I found that it was a bug, but I lost the link now.
 
 Does anybody know how I can fix this? Which packages does Catalyst use
in order to prepare the iso? If I update those, probably the error won't
happen any more.
 
 Thank you,
 Fabrizio

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] filesystem not readable

[Andrew Gaffney]

Lanza Fabrizio wrote:
>  Hi,
> I'm using the last dev version of catalyst, r9. When my .iso was 

There has't been a -r9 of catalyst in a long time, if ever. If you're referring 
to _pre9, that's not the latest. It's also package.mask'd, which implies that 
there's a good chance it's broken, and if you choose to use it, you should have 
some skill in tracking down, or at least reporting, bugs.

> completed and burned, I noticed that I can read the contents of the CD 
> only from linux. Windows cannot read it, and sees it as blank.
>  I found that it was a bug, but I lost the link now.

A bug in what? Catalyst? cdrkit/cdrtools? Are we supposed to track it down for you?

>  Does anybody know how I can fix this? Which packages does Catalyst use 
> in order to prepare the iso? If I update those, probably the error won't 
> happen any more.

The only error report we've seen recently that's somewhat recently was on this 
mailing list. The ISO image was rejected by Nero when it was larger than 700MB. 
There is no "fix", since there's nothing broken (except Nero).

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R: [gentoo-catalyst] filesystem not readable

[Lanza Fabrizio]

> I'm using the last dev version of catalyst, r9. When my .iso was
>There has't been a -r9 of catalyst in a long time, if ever. If you're
referring 
>to _pre9, that's not the latest.

Very acute. I'll check if in the last week there were other updates.

>It's also package.mask'd,

Well, I tried the current stable release. When I got to livecd-stage2,
in the livecd/rm section, it deleted files in my filesystem instead of
the livecd. I ended up loosing everything. So I tried the masked
package, which didn't give this problem.

>  I found that it was a bug, but I lost the link now.
>A bug in what?

It is similar to this:
http://unixadmintalk.com/f11/re-cd-burnt-sid-unreadable-windows-111555/

I found it also in bugs.gentoo.org, but I cannot find it now. I noticed
in the catalyst log that it said something about wrong Joliet
extensions.

> Catalyst? cdrkit/cdrtools?

That's why I ask if somebody encountered a similar problem. And since I
am a catalyst newbee, I asked what packages catalyst uses. cdrtools? I
don't have that installed, so I guess it's something else. genisoimage?
mkisofs?

> Are we supposed to track it down for you?

You are welcome, if you are a catalyst developer. I'm not. Just trying
to figure out things.

>The only error report we've seen recently that's somewhat recently was
on this 
>mailing list. The ISO image was rejected by Nero when it was larger
than 700MB. 

I didn't use Nero for burning. As I said, I can burn it fine. I just can
read the CD and the iso only from linux (I do have the ext2 driver in
windows, and I can read other livecds produced by other versions of
catalyst).

Best,
Fabrizio
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