https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=342604 Summary: Couldn't dump image to stick: dd: writing `/dev/sdb1': No space left on device Product: openSUSE.org Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: System Imaging AssignedTo: ms@novell.com ReportedBy: francisg@gmail.com QAContact: adrian@novell.com Found By: --- Prepare and Create both go without error. But, when trying to get kiwi to put it onto the USB I get an error: --------------- opensuse:/media # kiwi --bootstick /tmp/kiwi-output/initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.gz --bootstick-system /tm Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Creating boot USB stick from: /tmp/kiwi-output/initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.gz... Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Setting up splash screen... Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Creating initial boot structure Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Importing grub stages for stick boot Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Found following removable USB devices: Nov-18 02:34 <1> : ---> 076B11800247 at /dev/sdb Nov-18 02:34 <1> : Your choice (enter device name): /dev/sdb Nov-18 02:35 <1> : Creating grub menu list file... Nov-18 02:35 <1> : Creating stick image Nov-18 02:35 <1> : Creating partition table on: /dev/sdb Nov-18 02:35 <1> : Dumping initrd image to stick Nov-18 02:35 <3> : Couldn't dump image to stick: dd: writing `/dev/sdb1': No space left on device 620+0 records in 619+0 records out 20315648 bytes (20 MB) copied, 4.32705 s, 4.7 MB/s Nov-18 02:35 <3> : KIWI exited with error(s) ------------- It runs out of space; it allocated the space on the USB as: ------------------ Disk /dev/sdb: 2063 MB, 2063073280 bytes 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 10 19839+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 11 391 755904 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 392 1015 1238016 83 Linux ------------------ As to the size of the image itself: opensuse:/home/francis # du -h /tmp/kiwi-output 787M /tmp/kiwi-output Basically just using a slightly altered kwLiveCD config file (well, whole folder/config) from SVN now. Running the latest (1.90) KIWI. ----------------------------------------------------- opensuse:/tmp/kiwi-output # ls -lh /tmp/kiwi-output/ total 788M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M 2007-11-18 02:15 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 82 2007-11-18 02:14 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.kernel -> /tmp/kiwi-output//initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.kernel.2.6.22.12-0.1-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.6M 2007-11-18 02:14 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.kernel.2.6.22.12-0.1-default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 2007-11-18 02:15 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.md5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M 2007-11-18 21:39 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.splash.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22M 2007-11-18 21:39 initrd-usbboot-suse-10.3.i686-2.1.1.stickboot -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 733M 2007-11-18 02:10 openSUSE-10.3.i686-2.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 2007-11-18 02:10 openSUSE-10.3.i686-2.3.md5 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.