[SOLVED] ubilinux installer fails
Remon Lam
New Member Posts: 7 ✭
Hi all,
Perhaps I'm doing something totally wrong here but I can't get Ubilinux to install.
I keep getting the following error "No common CD-ROM drive was detected" (check attachment for a full error message).
What I did:
[ol]
[li]Followed the guide @ https://up-community.org/wiki/Installing_ubilinux_Operating_System[/li]
[li]Checked MD5 hash, seems to be okay[/li]
[li]Test 2 other USB drives, still received the error[/li]
[li]Tried CentOS and Fedora both failed to boot properly, tried it on a notebook and it boots just fine[/li]
[/ol]
Did I missed something?
Thanks!
Remon
Perhaps I'm doing something totally wrong here but I can't get Ubilinux to install.
I keep getting the following error "No common CD-ROM drive was detected" (check attachment for a full error message).
What I did:
[ol]
[li]Followed the guide @ https://up-community.org/wiki/Installing_ubilinux_Operating_System[/li]
[li]Checked MD5 hash, seems to be okay[/li]
[li]Test 2 other USB drives, still received the error[/li]
[li]Tried CentOS and Fedora both failed to boot properly, tried it on a notebook and it boots just fine[/li]
[/ol]
Did I missed something?
Thanks!
Remon
Comments
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Hi rlam8,
What utility are you using to flash the ubilinux image? -
I'm on OS X, so I'm using DD to copy the image over to the USB disk
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We hadn't tested OS X [tt]dd[/tt], but that should work. Are you following a procedure similar to this one?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#In_Mac_OS_X
Does diskutil report a MBR partition table for your flashed USB drive? -
Confirming OS X dd can be used. We just flashed to a USB stick from a Yosemite system, and installed successfully from one of the USB 2.0 ports.
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Yep, it's the same;
To make sure it's completely empty;
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdisk#
Than copy the image over to the USB disk;
sudo dd if=ubilinux-3.0RC3.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 bs=1m && sync
Unmount the filesystem;
diskutil eject /dev/disk4 -
Okay, I think I've solved my issue.
I used a 3 different 32GB USB drives they all failed with the error I described before.
When using a 8GB USB drive it worked!
Not sure why, but at least I've got it working now :-)
@jarteaga, thanks for your super fast support! -
Not sure myself, drive size shouldn't matter as long as the image fits. Anyway, glad it worked!
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Yeah that was my idea to, weird stuff :-D
Just dit a small test with Fedora and CentOS, same issue, 32GB drive failed to boot, 8GB just runs perfect.
Tested the same 32GB USB drive (both Fedora & CentOS) on a Minnowboard and it boots just fine.
Quick question what size of USB drive did you use? -
Hi Rlam8,
I used a 1GB USB stick to flash the installer, but you can use any size without problems.
I have tested using different brands and size from 1GB to 16GB USB sticks.
