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 >> Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> 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 enrike -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
