Exit with better error message if running with toram=... and invoking with /live...

[grml2usb.git] / grml2usb

diff --git a/grml2usb b/grml2usb
index 77e72ad..68565db 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml2usb
+++ b/grml2usb
@@ -1108,8 +1108,16 @@ def identify_grml_flavour(mountpath):
     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)
@@ -1459,7 +1467,7 @@ def install_grml(mountpoint, device):
 
     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")