Cannot decompress filesystem.squashfs

[UstymUkhman]

Hi @MainSilent , really cool stuff here!

I was trying to follow instructions in README file, but I got stuck when decompressing filesystem.squashfs. It runs for a while (until 15125/46870 to be exact), but it then fails with following message:

FATAL ERROR:dir_scan: failed to make directory filesystem/chroot/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1/sys, because File exists

It happens in both cases: with npx reqs and by running unsquashfs -d filesystem filesystem.squashfs.

Maybe you have faced something similar? Also, it's worth noting that I got some errors before, but I saw in your video on YouTube, you have those as well, except that in my case its:

create_inode: failed to create character device filesystem/chroot/dev/zero, because Operation not supported

not because you're not superuser!. Probably I should also mention that I'm trying to run this thing under WSL2.
I'll be grateful for any help, thanks!

[MainSilent]

I haven't tested it on WSL, Can you try it on a Linux distro(barebone or VM)? Just to make sure it's not from WSL.
BTW, Have you also tested it with root?

[UstymUkhman]

Thanks for the quick reply! Yeah, I can probably install a VM and give it a try from there. I'll come back here to let you know if this issue is related just to to the WSL when I find some time for this test. Yes, I have tried with a root user on WSL, same error.

[UstymUkhman]

Sorry it took me a year to reply. 😄
I can confirm it is related to WSL only. I was able to make it work on an Ubuntu virtual machine and, after compiling there, even run it under Windows. Pretty cool! Thanks for this awesome package. ❤️
Just one more question: do you know if it's possible to shutdown the whole Linux OS from Electron main process? Maybe by executing some command directly on on the console that launched the application in the first place?

[MainSilent]

Anything is possible, This package just creates a linux distro that use an electron app as Desktop Environment, I decided to make it as minimum as possible so the user customize it without bloatware.

[UstymUkhman]

That's cool, I appreciate when something is as minimal as possibile. Do you have any idea on how to implement the feature I described? I feel like that's the last piece of puzzle I want to add. Any help will be much appreciated, thanks!

[MainSilent]

There are many ways to achieve that, If I remember correctly there is busy box installed which have init command, Can you try init 0?

const { exec } = require('child_process');

exec('init 0')

[UstymUkhman]

I will definitely check that out. Thank you so much!

[UstymUkhman]

It worked! 🎉 Thanks a lot! ❤️