+dd of=$isoimage bs=1M count=0 seek=$imagesizemb
+
+[ $? != 0 ] && err "dd failed to create $isoimage"
+
+mke2fs -b $blocksize -F $isoimage
+
+if [ $? != 0 ]
+then
+ rm -rf $isomountdir $isoimage
+ err "Unable to create the iso image: $isoimage"
+fi
+
+e2label $isoimage $today
+