I got this error when i tried Relinux and Remastersys to create an iso of current installation. " The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are making and try again. " Solutions please
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"You must try to reduce the amount of data you are making and try again." is not the solution? – Rinzwind Apr 29 '15 at 11:55
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how do i do that ????what is to be done to reduce the amount of data ?? – Midhun L.S Apr 29 '15 at 11:59
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Remove software would be the most logical answer?! – Rinzwind Apr 29 '15 at 12:10
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sudo apt-get clean and rm -rf ~/.cache (if you're backing up the user) should do the trick – Ubuntuser Apr 29 '15 at 12:13
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@ Rinzwind remove which software ? – Midhun L.S Apr 29 '15 at 13:57
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relinux and remastersys create a bootable .iso from your current system, which means that a good portion of your filesystem is directly copied (and compressed) to the .iso file.
If your filesystem is larger than 4GB, it will bail, since 4GB is the largest file size that the ISO 9660 Level 2 specification allows.
Keep the size of your filesystem under 4GB, if at all possible (although, /home will not be included, so that can be as large as you want). Slightly more than that (say, 5GB) probably won't matter (depending on the type of data that exists on your filesystem), since it is compressed, but don't go much larger than that.
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