installing from USB (again)

[altern]

Andrew Hunter(e)k dio:
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>> 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
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>> # mkdir /cdrom /dev/cdroms
>> # cd /dev/cdroms
>> # ln -s ../sda1 cdrom0
>> # mount -t vfat /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom
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>> 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.
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> 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