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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: mkisofs coredumping when attempting to write to HP SureStore 4020i
To: jon@technix.org (Basket Case)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:31:29 -0700 (MST)
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> Im trying to get mkisofs to work, but with no luck.  When I do:
> mkisofs -o /dev/cd0a /mnt
> 
> (where mnt is a dos partition, 650 megs) -- I get the error message of:
> assertion "omit_version_number" failed: file "mkisofs.c", line 344

You have to use a *lot* options.  See the man page for examples.

The command line you gave looks like you are tyying to mount a CDROM.
You *do* know that mkisofs is for use on magnetic media to make images
that can be *later* burned into CDROM, right?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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