usb-creator doesn't accept iso file

Bug #705353 reported by Alex Loes
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usb-creator (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

When I try to make a bootable usb-stick with kubuntu's usb-creator, it doesn't accept the iso file, while other iso's in the same place could be loaded.

In fact, when I click other, the dialog opens. When I choose the iso 'Reactos.iso', the dialog close and nothing is loaded. While with another iso (Kubuntu 11.04) in the same place works well.

What is the difference about?

>apt-cache policy usb-creator-kde
usb-creator-kde:
  Installed: 0.2.25
  Candidate: 0.2.25
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.25 0
        500 http://lu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Al

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote :

Alex, please could you attach your "~/.cache/usb-creator.log" into your report? Thanks

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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skierpage (skierpage) wrote :

I suspect the issue here is that the ReactOS .iso does not have a /.disk/info file, which seems to be a Debian/Ubuntu-specific convention, and usb-creator silently rejects the disk. I'm having the same problem with a Fedora 15 beta .iso.

@Kamus, in Ubuntu 10.10 even the log file you mention contains nothing, because the _is_casper() check in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/usbcreator/backends/udisks/backend.py does not test if the output of `isoinfo -J -i /path/to/Some.iso -x /.disk/info` is an empty string , so it doesn't realize it's failed, so the logging error 'Could not extract .disk/info.' is never reached! The code has a "# TODO evand 2009-07-26: Error dialog." that remains undone.

Perhaps this bug should be made a dupe of bug 500526.

The Launchpad description
  "A tool to take Ubuntu CDs and ISO files and write them in a usable form to USB disks."
hints at this limitation, but the package description
  "create a startup disk using a CD or disc image"
does not.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for usb-creator (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Patrick Baenziger (padyx) wrote :

Doesn't work for me either. Tested today, June 22, on a Windows 7 64bit.
With KUbuntu 11.04, downloaded on the same day and using the usbcreator.exe supplied in the diskimage.

Log says:

usb-creator 2011-06-22 12:40:38,285 (DEBUG) __init__.py:1459: Backend told to add: C:\Users\Patrick\Downloads\kubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso
usb-creator 2011-06-22 12:40:38,285 (DEBUG) __init__.py:1459: ['7z', 'x', u'C:\\Users\\Patrick\\Downloads\\kubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso', '.disk/info', '-so']
usb-creator 2011-06-22 12:40:38,650 (ERROR) __init__.py:1426: Could not extract .disk/info.

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Tiede (marcarthur) wrote :

Is there a reason why usb-creator is limited to only create Ubuntu images as opposed to images from ANY random iso file?
There are not really a bunch of alternatives to this on Ubuntu, and forcing someone to choose only between Debian/Ubuntu specifications for the possible isos the program will accept is somewhat 'evil' in my opinion...

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → Confirmed
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Tiede (marcarthur) wrote :

For what it's worth, the error outputed to the Terminal if an "unrecognized" iso is selected is now:
isoinfo: Unable to find Joliet SVD
There's quite a few comments about this on Google.

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Alan Morgan (alanmorgan) wrote :

I have this problem with usb-creator-gtk 0.2.38 and the -kde equivalent in 12.04 and the version that is in 12.10, when trying to add ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso. Other Debian-based isos work, but this does not appear.

As it is Debian-based, this might be a different issue from the others?

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Uqbar (uqbar) wrote :

I have the same problem with super_grub2_disk_hybrid_2.01-beta3.iso (http://goo.gl/bC04rC) and clonezilla-live-20140114-saucy-i386.iso (http://goo.gl/SsVjhv).

I run the creator from command line and this is what I have got:

DEBUG:root:Backend told to add: /home/auser/Files/Disk 04/Linux/super_grub2_disk_hybrid_2.01-beta3.iso
DEBUG:root:['isoinfo', '-J', '-i', '/home/auser/Files/Disk 04/Linux/super_grub2_disk_hybrid_2.01-beta3.iso', '-x', '/.disk/info']
isoinfo: Unable to find Joliet SVD
ERROR:root:Could not extract .disk/info.

I am not sure whether that missing file (provided that's actually missing) is a showstopper for the creator to work.
Anyway, previously I never had such problems: any real ISO file could be used with the KDE usb creator.

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