Luis de Bethencourt(e)k dio: > On 8/25/08, altern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Luis de Bethencourt(e)k dio: >> >>> On 8/23/08, altern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Andrew Hunter(e)k dio: >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> > Hash: SHA1 >> >> > >> >> > Hey altern, >> >> > >> >> > altern wrote: >> >> >> Andrew Hunter(e)k dio: >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> >>> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >>> >> >> >>> altern wrote: >> >> > [...] >> >> >> At the bottom of the web page i am following it says that >> >> >> when using the alternate CD installer one needs to setup the cddrive >> >> >> the section is called "Mounting the USB stick as /cdrom". This are >> the >> >> >> commands to do it, one needs to open a new console with ALT+1 after >> >> >> choosing installation language >> >> >> >> >> >> # mkdir /cdrom /dev/cdroms >> >> >> # cd /dev/cdroms >> >> >> # ln -s ../sda1 cdrom0 >> >> >> # mount -t vfat /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom >> >> >> >> >> >> I tried following those tips but still it does not find the cdrom. My >> >> >> usb drive shows up as sdb1, i checked read that from dmesg. >> >> > >> >> > Are you substituting that value where appropriate in the guide? >> >> >> >> >> >> as far as i understand i am doing it ok. I checked with dmesg that my >> >> Kingston USB stick was sdb, then checked which devices were available at >> >> /dev and there it was /dev/sdb1 >> >> >> >> i noticed that after i do >> >> >> >> mount -t vfat /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom >> >> >> >> the installer goes funny and it cannot read the usb drive any more. I >> >> mean, before the problem is that it cannot autodetect the cdrom drive >> >> but it reads the content of the usb drive with no problems, as soon as i >> >> mount the usb drive on /cdrom the installer cannot read the content of >> >> the drive any more, it is like if i had removed it. >> >> >> >> I also tried few other options like doing directly >> >> mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /cdrom >> >> >> >> same problem. i might be doing something stupid because i cannot see >> >> anyone else complaning online about same error... but i cannot see what >> >> it might be. I checked few times and as far as i can see i am doing all >> ok. >> >> >> >> enrike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> >> > >> > The commands you are pasting here make no sense to me. You are >> > creating a link from the usb drive to the usual place of the cdrom >> > drive, and then trying to mount that. The usb drive is already mounted >> > (you are using it to run the system). You cant mount twice a drive but >> > since you are doing it through the link the system might get confused. >> >> > What you need to do is create a link from the mounted point of the >> pendrive >> > check it with "df" and make /cdrom be a link to that. >> >> >> "df" says that FILESYSTEM TMPFS and MOUNTED ON /DEV >> sorry i am not very good at this technical details, I dont understand >> what i have to do, should I create a link to /dev somwhere like say >> /mnt/cdrom0 and then set /cdrom to point to it? is this right? >> >> >> > Btw, I thought ubuntu mounted cdroms in /media/ so check that guide is >> > doing things the Ubuntu way. I might be wrong but I don't have time to >> > check right now. >> >> >> funny because i took it from help.ubuntu.com so it should be very >> ubuntu-like. >> The docs are here, the section called "Mounting the USB stick as /cdrom" >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick > > You are getting confused. > > /dev > is where the devices are. > > "df" is disk free, it tells you information about the disks, specially > how much free space per disk. > > I will go through the link you gave in help.ubuntu tomorrow and reply > you with it, since I dont have time right now.
no need to do it, i guess the error is somewhere else in the proccess of dumping the DVD into the USB drive. I will try some other methods and see if i get it right. i will post results to the list. thanks enrike -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
