[K3b-user] "Missing boot image name" mkisofs error

[Bruce B. <bru...@gm...>]

I'm having problems using K3B to make data backups. The cause, according the
the debugging ouput, seems to be a problem with mkisofs, though the error
messages are slightly different depending on whether I am trying to burn a
DVD or a CD.

DVD:
I tried to back up some files to a DVD+RW. The process will stop almost
immediately, before it even tries to write to the disk. Though the K3B
dialogue claims success, the 'debugging ouput' shows the following:

  /usr/bin/mkisofs: Missing boot image name, use -eltorito-boot option.
  :-( mkisofs has failed: 255

CD:
Similarly, I get almost the same error message when I try to burn any file
to a CD. K3B ends with an error, and the message "Could not determine size
of resulting image file". The debugging output shows the same message as
above, but with the first line repeated and the second line not appearing,
i.e.:

 /usr/bin/mkisofs: Missing boot image name, use -eltorito-boot option.
 /usr/bin/mkisofs: Missing boot image name, use -eltorito-boot option.

In neither case do I need (or want) these discs to be bootable. Even if I
did, I can't see where in K3B I would give the files a boot image name.

I am able to burn an existing ISO image using K3B; however, I will get the
same error message above if I try to create an image in K3B.

Anyone run across this before, or know what might be causing this?

I did a Google search, both web and groups, for "missing boot image name"
and to my suprise came up with no results whatsoever, as though no one had
ever had this error message before.

Debian testing/unstable (Mepis v. 3.4-3)
K3B v. 0.12.12
KDE v. 3.5.2
mkisofs v. 2.01.01a03-unofficial-iconv

Thanks,

B.