[Bug 815659] Re: alternate install from USB-Stick fails because it expects CD-ROM

[Joe Burgess]

Does this help at all?

Mounting the USB stick as /cdrom

This step is only needed for the Alternate install CD and Ubuntu 6.10 or
older.

Switch to the second virtual console during the first couple of dialogs
(when asked about your preferred language for the installation etc.) by
pressing the ""ALT-2"". Do the following:

*

mkdir /cdrom /dev/cdroms
*

cd /dev/cdroms
*

ln -s ../sda1 cdrom0 (where sda1 is your USB stick)
*

mount -t vfat /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom

Then switch back to the first virtual console by pressing ""ALT-1"".
Continue installing Ubuntu as if you were running from CD.

I got that from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=831332

** Tags added: likely-dup

** Package changed: ubuntu => debian-installer (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  alternate install from USB-Stick fails because it expects CD-ROM

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After downloading the ubuntu-11.04-alternate-i386.iso and putting it
  on a USB-Stick with UNetbootin and then booting it into the install
  menu everything is fine. Only after choosing basically any type of
  install mode with or without adding the boot option
  INSTALL_MEDIA_DEV=/dev/sda1 and choosing screen, location and
  keyboard, install fails because CD-ROM drive can not be found.
  Obviously when installing from USB stick you don't want to have to
  burn iso to CD and perhaps even having to search for an external CD-
  ROM drive.

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