mkisofs tips

To build ISO images which supports long filenames, use the "-joliet-long" option, like in the thread below of the Linux Questions Forum.

How do you make long filenames with mkisofs?

-l is also useful, but it only supports 31 character filenames (mkisofs(8)).

Burning CD without creating an ISO image

To burn a CD using mkisofs + cdrecord, without creating a intermediate ISO image, make mkisofs output to stdout and pipe it to cdrecord, simply not passing the -o option to mkisofs.

Full command to create a Debian ISO

(2010-07-23)

A good tip about how use mkisofs to burn a new Debian CD, from an extracted one, can be found in the Debian Automated Install page:

Debian Automated Install

Troubleshooting

`File ... is too large for current mkisofs settings - ignoring`

(2014-08-26)

Unfortunatelly the ISO 9660 filesystem has size limitations that avoid it to burn files greater than 4 GB. The solution is to try to reduce the size of the file (maybe splitting it) or using UDF instead of ISO 9660. Check this link__ for details.

mkisofs can't handle files over 2^32 bytes : Bugs : cdrtools package : Ubuntu