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Re: Narrowing down problem source

From Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Narrowing down problem source
Date 2015-09-18 14:40 +0200
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Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I did a rerun. The only apparent change in test conditions was I used a
>> different instance of Mate Terminal.
>> ...
>> 4460664832 bytes (4.5 GB) copied, 798.488 s, 5.6 MB/s
>> ...
>> richard@debian:~$ /sbin/isosize rerundvd9.iso
>> 4460664832
>
> Did the dd runs with short "ls -l" result tell the "isosize"
> result, nevertheless ?

I think I did.
I'll revise my procedure to use the script command to keep better 
records.

>
>
>> I've a gut feeling that Mate Terminal isn't redoing
>> blocks=$(expr $(/sbin/isosize /dev/sr0) / 2048)
>> every time.
>
> Command interpretation is supposed to depend on the
> shell interpreter (e.g. bash, dash, ksh) and not on the
> terminal emulator (e.g. xterm, gnome-terminal, Konsole).

What should have been identical runs did not have identical 
results -- part of reason I'll make extensive use of script 
command in the next round.

>
> On the first hand we have to concentrate on the messages
> from the dd runs which deliver too few bytes in the .iso
> files.
> After a dd run turned out to copy not enough bytes, look
> into the system log whether any error message about "sr0"
> has been freshly recorded.
>
>
> Steve McIntyre:
>> I'll tell you what's most likely wrong - you're storing your extracted
>> ISO images on a FAT32 filesystem which doesn't support file sizes
>> larger than 4GiB.
>
> But why did the retry succeed ?
>
> Richard: Did you copy to a different directory ?

When reusing a file name I had used filemanager to send file to 
trash and then emptied trash before reusing.

>
>
>> Nagging memories of a similar problem with either Win95 or Win98.
>
> We fiercely deny any similarity with said systems.
> No bugs shared.

Why would creative minds need to "share" ;)

>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
>

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Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 15:10 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 15:20 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 16:10 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 17:00 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 17:20 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 18:20 +0200
            Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2015-09-10 18:30 +0200
              Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 20:50 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2015-09-10 21:10 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 21:30 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-09-10 22:10 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 23:00 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 15:40 +0200
                Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-09-11 16:50 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 15:40 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 15:30 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 16:20 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 17:40 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 17:50 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2015-09-10 15:30 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 16:30 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-10 16:40 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-10 17:30 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 22:50 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-11 10:30 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-11 18:50 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-09-12 10:10 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-12 11:00 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-13 23:20 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-14 00:40 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-14 03:00 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-14 10:20 +0200
            Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-14 16:40 +0200
              Narrowing down problem source - was [Re: Extracting directories from  an ISO image, command line tool?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-17 17:00 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source - was [Re: Extracting directories from  an ISO image, command line tool?] Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2015-09-17 18:10 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source - was [Re: Extracting directories  from an ISO image, command line tool?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-18 13:20 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-17 19:20 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-18 14:40 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-18 15:00 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-18 15:40 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-18 15:50 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-20 22:30 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-21 08:20 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-21 19:00 +0200
                Re: Narrowing down problem source "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-21 20:30 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 17:10 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-10 19:40 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-11 14:10 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-11 17:40 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-09-11 18:50 +0200
  Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> - 2015-09-17 22:50 +0200
    Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-18 14:00 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-18 14:30 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-18 15:50 +0200
      Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.id.au> - 2015-09-23 04:30 +0200
        Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-23 16:00 +0200
          Re: Extracting directories from an ISO image, command line tool? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-09-23 20:10 +0200

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