Errors with symbolic link

Asked by Deadheded

Here is my build.log:

Starting CD remastering on Wed Jan 3 14:52:57 EST 2007
Customization dir=/tmp/tmp.vkqnj30790
Mounting ISO image...
Removing ISO remastering dir
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/home/hed/tmp/remaster-iso/dists/stable': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/home/hed/tmp/remaster-iso/dists/unstable': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create symbolic link `/home/hed/tmp/remaster-iso/ubuntu': Operation not permitted
Failed to unpack ISO from /home/hed/tmp/iso-source2 to /home/hed/tmp/remaster-iso
Trying to unmount X11 sockets directory (ignore errors)...
umount: /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/tmp/.X11-unix: not found
Trying to unmount directory /home/hed/tmp/iso-source2 (ignore errors)...
Trying to unmount directory /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/lib/modules/*/volatile (ignore errors)...
umount: /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/lib/modules/*/volatile: not found
Trying to unmount directory /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/proc (ignore errors)...
umount: /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/proc: not found
Trying to unmount directory /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/sys (ignore errors)...
umount: /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/sys: not found
Trying to unmount directory /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/dev/pts (ignore errors)...
umount: /home/hed/tmp/remaster-root/dev/pts: not foundz

I mounted a second HD in ~/tmp to give me the space I needed, but that does not seem to be the problem. I don't know what the links are to be named so I can't try them manually. I am pretty much a linux noob so any help will be much apreaciated.. My system is 'Edgy' but I am using a 'Dapper' iso, don't think this is the proplem BWTFDIK....

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Krzysztof Lichota (krzysiek-launchpad-ubuntu-com) said :
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What is the filesystem type on this second HD?
Which version of UCK are you using?

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Deadheded (insidescoops) said :
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vfat on the HD and I'm using the latest UCK, 1.2 I think...

It that is the problem, I'm gonna really feel stupid. Just part of being a noob...

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Krzysztof Lichota (krzysiek-launchpad-ubuntu-com) said :
#3

Why stupid? You don't have to know everything :)

And the problem is VFAT - it does not support symlinks.
You can try to create ext2 filesystem in file on your VFAT partition, but I am not sure it will work:
1. Create file using: dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/vfat/fs.img bs=1M count=4000
2. Create ext2 filesystem in file: mkfs.ext2 /mnt/vfat/fs.img
3. Mount your FS in ~/tmp: sudo mount /mnt/vfat/fs.img ~/tmp -o loop

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Best Deadheded (insidescoops) said :
#4

Stupid because this is covered in some of the linux books I'm studying and I should of figured it out for myself...

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

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