Fedora 15 LiveCD-Creator errors out

ryptyde · #1 5th June 2011, 02:17 AM

I've been trying to create a live cd using the livecd-creator tool but always errors out. Wondering if anyone else has this problem and if so did they figure out the fix. Here's the error:

Quote:

# livecd-creator --config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pykickstart/commands/partition.py:251: UserWarning: A partition with the mountpoint / has already been defined.
warnings.warn(_("A partition with the mountpoint %s has already been defined.") % pd.mountpoint)
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...15&arch=x86_64 error was
14: HTTP Error 501 - Not Implemented : http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...15&arch=x86_64
Error creating Live CD : Unable to download from repo : Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

AndrewSerk · #2 5th June 2011, 04:02 AM

Hello,

I get the same warnings as you about / but i get a successful build with:

Code:

# livecd-creator -v --config=fedora-livecd-desktop.ks --fslabel=f15_6_4 --cache=/var/cache/live/

Code:

$ rpm -q livecd-tools
livecd-tools-15.7-1.fc15.i686

ryptyde · #3 5th June 2011, 11:38 AM

You must be building from cached rpms and not pulling from the repos?

Code:

$ rpm -q livecd-tools
livecd-tools-15.7-1.fc15.x86_64

I was hoping to test out the results of the "XZ" compression for reducing the output image size.

phil

sea · #4 5th June 2011, 12:32 PM

Using the the Fedora LiveUSB-Creator i had no issue installing a pre-downloaded version of the F15-KDE-Live CD after browsing for it in the download folder.

Code:

su
    (password)
yum install liveusb-creator

An Icon will be placed in "System Tools", looking like a blue usb stick.
Heck, i even made the first 128mb of this 1gb stick a dos partition, but the 2nd partition (~ 920mb) ist ext4 with bootflag enabled

Not sure about how i installed the "extended settings", i think it was with the command "sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool".

AndrewSerk · #5 5th June 2011, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryptyde

You must be building from cached rpms and not pulling from the repos?

Code:

$ rpm -q livecd-tools
livecd-tools-15.7-1.fc15.x86_64

I was hoping to test out the results of the "XZ" compression for reducing the output image size.

phil

Hello phil,

The cache was empty when I started and I had to pull all packages that I used from the repos. I use the --cache= so I can control where the packages are stored for use in my next spin. I was working from a i686 laptop. I'll try to give it a go from x86_64 today or tonight sometime and post the results.

PS> The livecd-creator in F15 is so much faster than the previous versions. It really cuts down on the spin time.

Andrew

---------- Post added at 11:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 AM ----------

Just tried from x86_64 and had a successful build from a qemu-kvm install that didn't have any packages in the cache.

Code:

# livecd-creator -v --config=fedora-livecd-desktop.ks --fslabel=F15-5-6 --cache=/var/cache/live/

Code:

$ rpm -q livecd-tools spin-kickstarts
livecd-tools-15.7-1.fc15.x86_64
spin-kickstarts-0.15.6-1.fc15.noarch

Man that build was fast.

ryptyde · #6 5th June 2011, 05:25 PM

Andrew, so you must have a different procedure than the standard use of /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks. I have in the past moved the spin-kickstarts to my home directory and successfully built from there with F14 and previous releases 32 and 64 bit. All I want to do at this point is create a livecd using the method that has always worked before for example:

Quote:

livecd-creator --config=/usr/share/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-desktop.ks

also are you using the .ks that came from the /usr/share/spin-kickstarts directory.

Something is definitely wrong on my end as livecd-creator does not work from my F15 x64 desktop or my F15 32 laptop both machines throw the same error.

phil

AndrewSerk · #7 5th June 2011, 05:53 PM

Hello Phil,
I usually copy the spin-kickstarts folder and work with the copy but in this case I just cd'd to /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/ and ran the command from there on the stock .ks .

Andrew

ryptyde · #8 5th June 2011, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewSerk

Hello Phil,
I usually copy the spin-kickstarts folder and work with the copy but in this case I just cd'd to /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/ and ran the command from there on the stock .ks .

Andrew

OK, I'll try and see what may be amiss here with my configuration. Thanks!

phil

EDIT: Was finally able to create a livecd on the F15 32 bit laptop but the x86_64 desktop still errors out.