Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: $ sudo livecd-creator -b desktop-i386-20090813.16.iso -c work/spin-kickstarts/HEAD/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks Actual results: mount: block device /dev/loop3 is write-protected, mounting read-only Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/livecd-creator", line 140, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/bin/livecd-creator", line 122, in main creator.mount(options.base_on, options.cachedir) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/imgcreate/creator.py", line 510, in mount self._mount_instroot(base_on) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/imgcreate/live.py", line 180, in _mount_instroot LoopImageCreator._mount_instroot(self, base_on) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/imgcreate/creator.py", line 922, in _mount_instroot self._base_on(base_on) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/imgcreate/live.py", line 174, in _base_on shutil.copyfile(os_image, self._image) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 54, in copyfile copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 30, in copyfileobj fdst.write(buf) IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device [petersen@localhost ~]$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root 6567456 3442148 3058588 53% / /dev/sda1 198337 15065 173032 9% /boot tmpfs 239232 756 238476 1% /dev/shm Expected results: success or more meaningful error
The regular live images have a 3 GB ext3fs.img -- with base-on, we have to copy that out for you to make modifications to it. You don't have that much disk space free But added a catch of the exception to make it a little more clear in the future