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wirenfeldt

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Registered: 2014-07-03

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Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

This is a known problem.. I found this thread, which has a solution.. But i don't get it.. Could someone explain it to me as if i was their 70 year old grandparent?

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,441

Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

So what exactly is your problem? CD's don't mount? Your install fails?

You haven't said what the issue is

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wirenfeldt

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Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

From the thread i linked to

When installing waldorf from the usb stick, it fails systematically at the step where it should load the files from the CRDOM.

I have that same issue, have gone through the thread but I have no idea how to actually fix it.. I would love for someone to explain it to me as if i was a 10 year old.

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,441

Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

[10yr old mode]
Did you check the md5sum of the downloaded iso?
Get md5sum hash from the Downloads page
In terminal do

md5sum /path/to/<name-of-iso>.iso

Then compare the output to the d/l hash (NB Change paths and iso name as appropriate)

Prepare the usb stick by formatting it as FAT32 and making it bootable
Write the iso to usb using the recommended method:

sudo dd if=/path/to/<name-of-iso>.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M; sync

Where "x" is where the usb stick is.  NOTE - Be sure to understand that there is never a trailing number on the end of your /dev/sdx USB device

When installing, there is a bug which causes problems loading files, if you choose to be an Italian!
[/10yr old mode]

If you still have an issue after following the above advice, then by all means ask again (occasionally unetbootin works when dd doesn't) However I suspect you haven't done the recommended procedure?

Last edited by damo (2014-11-08 16:46:02)

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wirenfeldt

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Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

I used WinMD5Free v1.20 to check sums and they matched up.

I've tried with both Unetbootin and Win32DiskImager to write a USB.. same problem.. I don't have a PC running Linux in the house since my old laptop shit itself.. (I am trying to install #! to my new Toshiba)

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,441

Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

I used WinMD5Free v1.20 to check sums and they matched up.

I've tried with both Unetbootin and Win32DiskImager to write a USB.. same problem.. I don't have a PC running Linux in the house since my old laptop shit itself.. (I am trying to install #! to my new Toshiba)

Have you tried burning a dvd and installing it that way?

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wirenfeldt

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Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

just burned one.. same thing.. .. used the exact same ISO in a VirtualBox and it cruised right through though..

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,441

Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

I should have asked this first ....

What is your hardware? Do you have an EFI boot?

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wirenfeldt

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Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

Sorry about the delay.. Real life is still a thing it seems..

I'm on a 11,6" Toshiba Satellite NB10-A-10U laptop

It has a quad core Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2,166 GHz with 2,42 GHz boost.
4 GB DDR3L RAM @ 1600 MHz.
Has some sort of Intel HD Graphics chip.
and finally a 128 GB Samsung 850 PRO SSD for storage.

in the BIOS i can choose between CSM and EFI boot.

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 4,441

Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

Sorry about the delay.. Real life is still a thing it seems..

I'm on a 11,6" Toshiba Satellite NB10-A-10U laptop

It has a quad core Intel Pentium N3520 @ 2,166 GHz with 2,42 GHz boost.
4 GB DDR3L RAM @ 1600 MHz.
Has some sort of Intel HD Graphics chip.
and finally a 128 GB Samsung 850 PRO SSD for storage.

in the BIOS i can choose between CSM and EFI boot.

Crunchbang won't install with EFI enabled, so that may be a possible cause

And as I said earlier, if you choose "Italian" locale, then an installer bug causes the same symptoms you described.

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wirenfeldt

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Re: Detect and mount CD-ROM fails

i set it to CSM because EFU didn't work, and always install in english..