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Re: [debian-knoppix] custom KNOPPIX : my_knx.iso went way bigger ?



On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 11:38:54PM +0200, Christian Perle wrote:
> Hi Fabrice,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 13:43:58 +0300, Fabrice LABORIE wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to customize my KNOPPIX CD  ( 3.1 Beta 22 Sept ) a bit ...
> > I followed the instruction given by Christain Perle ( translation given
> > on the list Sun Jul 14th )...
> > 
> > I did the steps described :
> > (
> > cp -a * /mnt/knx_root
> 
> Maybe the cp command doesn't copy hard links correctly (creates
> separate files for each hard link). Try
> (cd /KNOPPIX ; tar cf - *) | (cd /mnt/knx_root ; tar xpf -)
> instead of "cp -a".

or rsync -Ha which can DEFINITELY handle hardlinks correctly.

But it could also be a problem with mkisofs. Try using the -U
option for the KNOPPIX filesystem additional to -l and -R. This saves
some space in the rockridge table, because some file names don't have to
be translated in Linux.

Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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