cd filesystem missing error

[hellfeuer]

I'm running ubuntu 7.10 on vmware workstation 6.
I tried using remastersys to make a distribution, but it gives the following errors (here /home/remastersys was the mount point for a virtual drive):

on stdout:

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Distribution Mode Selected
Getting the packages that the livecd install removed when the system was installed
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
casper is already the newest version.
libdebian-installer4 is already the newest version.
os-prober is already the newest version.
discover1 is already the newest version.
laptop-detect is already the newest version.
ubiquity is already the newest version.
user-setup is already the newest version.
squashfs-tools is already the newest version.
syslinux is already the newest version.
sbm is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  texlive-metapost
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
ubiquity-frontend-gtk is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  texlive-metapost
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package ubiquity-frontend-kde is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  texlive-metapost
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
Cleaning up the apt cache of installed deb packages as they just  take up space and aren't needed for the live cd/dvd
Checking if the /home/remastersys folder has been created
Copying /var to temp area and excluding extra files
building file list ... done
Creating filesystem.manifest and filesystem.manifest-desktop
Setting up casper and ubiquity options for dist mode
Copying your kernel and initrd for the livecd
Creating filesystem.squashfs   ... this will take a while so be patient
Adding stage 1 files/folders that the livecd requires.
Adding stage 2 files/folders that the livecd requires.
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The cd filesystem is missing. Exiting

on stderr:

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rsync: mkdir "/home/remastersys/dummysys/var/." failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(529) [receiver=2.6.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(454) [sender=2.6.9]
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/remastersys/dummysys/home': No such file or directory
cp: target `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/isolinux/' is not a directory: No such file or directory
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/install/memtest': No such file or directory
cp: target `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/install/' is not a directory: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/remastersys: 551: cannot create /home/remastersys/ISOTMP/isolinux/isolinux.txt: Directory nonexistent
/usr/bin/remastersys: 551: cannot create /home/remastersys/ISOTMP/isolinux/isolinux.cfg: Directory nonexistent
/usr/bin/remastersys: 551: cannot create /home/remastersys/ISOTMP/README.diskdefines: Directory nonexistent
cp: cannot stat `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/README.diskdefines': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/remastersys: 551: cannot create /home/remastersys/ISOTMP/casper/filesystem.manifest: Directory nonexistent
cp: cannot stat `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/casper/filesystem.manifest': No such file or directory
cp: target `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/casper/' is not a directory: No such file or directory
cp: cannot create regular file `/home/remastersys/ISOTMP/casper/initrd.gz': No such file or directory

Help!

[Fragadelic]

It appears as though you may have run out of space on the drive or partition where /home/remastersys is.

Typically you need about 2.5 times the final iso size so lets say you end up with a 1Gig iso file, you will need more than 2.5 Gig of free space to start. There is no way to find out for sure as different files will compress a different amount.

Doing it in vmware, is the virtual drive size fixed or dynamically expanding. Typically you will need at least about 12 Gig or so for a normal install and remastersys.

[hellfeuer]

I really dont think thats the answer. I tried twice, once with a 10gb and then a 14gb drive. my installed size is only 3.4 gb.

Also, first, the errors start showing up really soon, (especially the no such file or directory ones) I dont think there would have been time to fill up a 14gb drive.
more objectively, df -h gives only 164mb used on that drive, so unless remastersys is cleaning up(again, no time) something else is wrong

[Fragadelic]

Check your permissions on the mounted virtual drive. The messages are showing you that it can't create the directories needed. You need to address the permissions issues and remastersys will work fine.

I use it all the time in Virtual Box without a problem.

[hellfeuer]

i did a sudo chmod 777 /home/remastersys before running remastersys

should I also chown?

[Fragadelic]

I would check the permissions on the mount. The script is run as root so ownership isn't an issue.

What is the output of "mount" on the system. Especially where the /home/remastersys mount is concerned.

[hellfeuer]

mount gives:
/dev/sdb1 on /home/remastersys type ext3 (rw)

and anyway, i tried reading writing to /home/remastersys and it works fine (even without sudo)

thanks for your patience btw!

[Fragadelic]

Can you post the output of "ls -lR /home/remastersys"

I'd like to see what folders if any were created to see if the problem could be with mkdir or with rsync having some sort of issue with that virtual drive?

[hellfeuer]

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/home/remastersys:
total 36
drwx------ 2 root      root      16384 2008-01-19 10:35 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root      root          0 2008-01-19 10:44 passwdrestore
-rw-r--r-- 1 root      root       4118 2008-01-19 10:49 remastersys.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 hellfeuer hellfeuer     4 2008-01-19 11:31 test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root      root       2362 2008-01-19 10:44 varexc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root      root       2932 2008-01-19 10:44 varexc.tmp


It also says "ls: /home/remastersys/lost+found: Permission denied" but i sudo'd and found that lost+found is empty

[Fragadelic]

hmmm - there are no subdirectories created. Can you do an "ls -l /home"

[hellfeuer]

drwxr-xr-x 63 hellfeuer hellfeuer 4096 2008-01-19 12:28 hellfeuer
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 2008-01-19 11:33 remastersys

[Fragadelic]

What filesystem did you use for the virtual drive? ext3 is preferred. I know some people have had issues with reiserfs.

[hellfeuer]

I'm using ext3 (on both disks)

[Fragadelic]

Is there any way of increasing the main filesystem size so that remastersys is on the same filesystem as the rest of it?

I haven't heard of anyone using a second virtual filesystem and it appears as though mkdir doesn't want to create the folders needed.

Can you try to do the following and then post the results?

sudo mkdir /home/remastersys/dummysys

ls -l /home/remastersys