help="install syslinux bootloader (deprecated as it's the default)")
parser.add_option("--syslinux-mbr", dest="syslinuxmbr", action="store_true",
help="install syslinux master boot record (MBR) instead of default")
+parser.add_option("--tmpdir", dest="tmpdir", default="/tmp",
+ help="directory to be used for temporary files")
parser.add_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true",
help="enable verbose mode")
parser.add_option("-v", "--version", dest="version", action="store_true",
version_files = search_file('grml-version', mountpath, lst_return=True)
if not version_files:
- logging.critical("Error: could not find grml-version file.")
- raise
+ if mountpath.startswith("/live/image"):
+ logging.critical("Error: could not find grml-version file.")
+ logging.critical("Looks like your system is running from RAM but required files are not available.")
+ logging.critical("Please either boot without toram=... or use boot option toram instead of toram=...")
+ cleanup()
+ sys.exit(1)
+ else:
+ logging.critical("Error: could not find grml-version file.")
+ cleanup()
+ sys.exit(1)
flavours = []
logging.debug("version_files = %s", version_files)
logging.info("Using %s as install base", image)
else:
logging.info("Using ISO %s", image)
- iso_mountpoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="grml2usb")
+ iso_mountpoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="grml2usb", dir=options.tmpdir)
register_tmpfile(iso_mountpoint)
remove_image_mountpoint = True
try:
device_mountpoint = device
if os.path.isdir(device):
- logging.info("Specified device is not a directory, therefore not mounting.")
+ logging.info("Specified device is a directory, therefore not mounting.")
remove_device_mountpoint = False
else:
device_mountpoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="grml2usb")