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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:
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