According to Bug 234185, this has been resolved for the 10.10 Release candidate _alternate_ CD (per Bug ), but I just confirmed that the problem still exists on the Ubuntu Server RC daily from Oct 5th. "cdrom-detect/try-usb=true" seems to work around it.
** Changed in: cdrom-detect (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: cdrom-detect (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- cdrom-detect fails when using usb storage as install device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs