mkisofs options question

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Wed Dec 24 08:14:06 PST 2003


Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> writes:

> I have some directories that I need to include in a .iso file.
> I've followed the online Handbook section 12.5.2, and read man mkisofs.
> 
> The directories each have the file CUSTOM in them.
> That causes mkisofs to error:
> 
> [root at moe ~]# mkisofs -U -R -o /tmp/cdimg.iso /disk2/curly /disk2/larry
> Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
> Using CUSTOM000 for  /CUSTOM (CUSTOM)
> mkisofs: Error: '/disk2/larry/CUSTOM' and '/disk2/curly/CUSTOM' have the same 
> Rock Ridge name 'CUSTOM'.
> mkisofs: Error: '/disk2/larry/CUSTOM' and '/disk2/curly/CUSTOM' have the same 
> Rock Ridge name 'CUSTOM'.
> mkisofs: Unable to sort directory
> 
> What are the proper options for mkisofs so that I can have identical filenames 
> in different directories?

I tried to reproduce this situation, and couldn't.
Could you produce a test case?

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