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 > >> 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
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. Luis > > > 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 > -- Luis de Bethencourt GuimerĂ¡ luisbg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: B0ED1326 -- 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