ISO creation fails repeatedly

[benmarko]

Tried repeatedly to create .iso on three different operating systems - Windows XP SP3, Windows 7, Windows 8.1. Each time the WSUS Offline downloads the updates successfully, but creation of the .iso containers fails. I have tried manually downloading the mkisofs.exe file and manually placing it in the bin folder, this has not worked either.

For now I use Folder2iso to manually take out the updates and package them in .iso containers. Then I run the updater on my physical machines (Windows 7 Enterprise), and upload the .iso containers to my vSphere datastore for importing into our Windows WSUS server so I can update our virtual machines (Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 R2).

Has anyone else had problems with creation of the .iso containers in WSUS Offline? I've tried re-downloading the application and that did not work. Help!

[aker]

Please post the content of .\log\download.log in [code]-tags.

Any error message visible inside the command promt of the ISO creation?

I have tried manually downloading the mkisofs.exe file and manually placing it in the bin folder, this has not worked either.

Is mkisofs.exe missing?

[benmarko]

No, mkisofs.exe downloads fine, I thought maybe the file was being corrupted on download. All it tells me is that mkisofs.exe failed. It happens each time I choose that option. It then goes on to the next WSUS download, so it doesn't affect that part of the application.

[boco]

AFAIK you can't take just any mkisofs.exe you find. To the best of my knowledge, some important options did change at a time so recent mkisofs versions cannot be used.

Did you use the one from this URL?
http://download.wsusoffline.net/mkisofs.exe

[benmarko]

I used the link provided in the application. What version should I try using?

[aker]

You're using the right one, but please answer the following question/provide the log file:

Please post the content of .\log\download.log in [code]-tags.

Any error message visible inside the command promt of the ISO creation?

[Michael]

Hi Guys

Im getting an constant error when the ISO creation starts.

There is this popup that comes up telling me that " This app cant run on your PC"

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

[aker]

Please post a screenshot of the message.