Re: [Condor-devel] Condor 7.4.2 bug: mkisofs.bat vs. mkisofs.exe in condor_vm_vmware.pl ?!?!

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 2, 2010, at 3:08 AM, Rob wrote:

> I'm the poster of the original message and I like to add some more
> info here.
> 
> 
> This is really causing me a big headache after upgrading condor to
> most recent stable version 7.4.2 on 300+  Windows XP pool PCs !!
> 
> I've been digging slightly deeper into what is going on here.
> 
> Between versions 7.2.5 and 7.4.2 a new procedure is used to create
> 'on-the-fly' CDrom iso images on Windows pool PCs.
> 
> 
> 7.2.5 : uses  mkisofs.exe  directly
> 
> 7.4.2 : uses  mkisofs.bat  script, which calls  cdmake.exe
> 
> 
> With 7.2.5 the iso image is created fine on a Windows pool PC.
> 
> With 7.4.2 the procedure fails and no iso image is created.
> While the execution was running on the Windows PC, I have checked
> the folder
> 
>  C:\condor\execute\dir_1234
> 
> in which the VMware configuration "vmnvFAAn_condor.vmx" contains
> the lines:
> 
> ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
> ide1:0.fileName = "isoXYEAAc.iso"
> ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
> ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
> 
> 
> but the actual iso file itself  "isoXYEAAc.iso"  is missing and hence has
> not been created.
> 
> 
> So far I've been unable to intercept the process of iso-image making,
> so I don't know exactly where it is going wrong. I suspect the call
> in  mkisofs.bat  to be wrong:
> 
> cdmake -q -j %9 %6 %1
> 
> 
> I hope somebody can help figure out what is going wrong here.
> If this is a bug in a stable release, it is a very nasty one!


The arguments given to cdmake look incorrect. I'm working on a change that simplifies the scripts involved. I'll send you a copy to try when it's done.

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