On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Ira Abramov - Scalable Solutions wrote:
>Today, Ben Nes Michael blurbed:
>
>
>> while i do:
>> /usr/local/sbin/mkisofs -a -R -x /proc -o /var/just-a-file /
>>
>> I get:
>> Extent overflow processing file /var/miki-files/editors/srhtml.exe
>>
>> Any idea ?
>
>are you sure that is that file thatcomplains? maybe it's the file right
>after it that chokes the mkisofs... say, the image itself?
>
>can you explain the motivation behind creating a CD image of your root,
>including /dev and the iso image itself?!
Using /dev as source for anything will forever and provably overflow
whatever you select as output, if local. Proof: /dev contains the images
of all existing mounted fs's, in the form of raw devices, thus the data
supplied by /dev/ is >= than ANY allocated file in the system.
Also, you forgot -d [-l] [-L] [-R] -T
bye,
Peter
