Bug 679691 - ERROR: xzy.iso does not appear to be a Live image or DVD installer.
Summary: ERROR: xzy.iso does not appear to be a Live image or DVD installer.
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: livecd-tools
Version: 14
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2011-02-23 08:49 UTC by Sandro Mathys
Modified: 2011-02-23 15:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-02-23 15:29:41 UTC
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Description Sandro Mathys 2011-02-23 08:49:21 UTC 
Description of problem:
livecd-iso-to-disk fails to write F15 Alpha TC1/TC2/RC1 installation DVDs to usb pen.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
livecd-tools-14.0-1.fc14.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Downloads a F15 install media
2. try to write it onto a usb pen
  
Actual results:
ERROR: xzy.iso does not appear to be a Live image or DVD installer.

Expected results:
usb pen with install image on it.

Additional info:
$ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-15-Alpha-RC1-x86_64-DVD.iso /dev/sdc
Verifying image...
/home/red_alert/Downloads/Fedora-15-Alpha-RC1-x86_64-DVD.iso:   c372b51fbe33f4e8d574b5b6f9608dc8
Fragment sums: 6ce2475cbb3d955e9e2268cf47928742e59db951c1366d751ab234f27cb9
Fragment count: 20
Press [Esc] to abort check.
Checking: 100.0%

The media check is complete, the result is: PASS.

It is OK to use this media.
WARNING: THIS WILL DESTROY ANY DATA ON /dev/sdc!!!
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
Waiting for devices to settle...
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=LIVE
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
489600 inodes, 1957879 blocks
97893 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=2004877312  
60 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8160 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:  
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done 
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 32 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
ERROR: /home/red_alert/Downloads/Fedora-15-Alpha-RC1-x86_64-DVD.iso does not appear to be a Live image or DVD installer.
Cleaning up to exit...
Comment 1 Brian Lane 2011-02-23 15:29:41 UTC 
You need to use version 14.2 of livecd-tools which adds support for writing F15 iso's

It can be found in upates-testing

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install livecd-tools

And please leave feedback here:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/livecd-tools-14.2-1.fc14
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