Ubuntu Server asks for CD Drive when using USB

[Peter09]

Can anyone help?

I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 Server using a USB stick. The target machine is a headless system with no CD drive. During the boot process all is ok until the installation starts in earnest - it has asked me for language and keyboard details etc.

The problem then is that the installation fails because it cannot find a CD drive to pull the rest of the system from (despite me using the usb stick). I can not get further than this.

Anyone suggest anything?

[BkkBonanza]

How did you create the usb stick image? With the default method it will install from itself onto the machine. But if it wants to look on /cdrom/casper then you may try making a symlink to the correct location. Something like,

ln -s /wherever_files_are/casper /cdrom/casper

[Peter09]

Thanks for the reply - it turned out to be a problem with unetbootin, I tried a different utility and all was ok.

[WOTHed]

Thanks for the reply - it turned out to be a problem with unetbootin, I tried a different utility and all was ok.

How did you do it!

I was going to resort to using the alternate install mixed with the server iso .seed file.

Please share with us what you used to get the server iso working?

[WOTHed]

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[Peter09]

How did I get it working?

Well do not know really.

The non-working drive was built using unetbootin started from a terminal, the working one was built by using the menu item

System->Administration->USB Startup Disk Creator

I have no further information than that. Hope it helps.

[WOTHed]

How did I get it working?

Well do not know really.

The non-working drive was built using unetbootin started from a terminal, the working one was built by using the menu item

System->Administration->USB Startup Disk Creator

I have no further information than that. Hope it helps.

Ok cool, if I could just ask two more things.
1 Was that from a live cd or from an installed ubuntu (and what version)?
2 If you pointed the program to an iso what was it, ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso ?

[Skidbladniir]

I did it from a live CD, with the i386

[WOTHed]

Hmm I have only used the windows version usb-creator.exe I got it from the netbook iso.
I will try the ubuntu linux port one and see how I go.

Someone tell me where i usb-creator.exe is that works?

Or fix it! The one I used would only work on the netbook iso.

It keeps giving some sort of md5sum error but my iso all check out I've checked.

[stlsaint]

i have this very issue as well...i am using hardy iso and usb creator in karmic and i have been unable to install. Ask for cd-rom also!