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Taexali
February 17th, 2011, 09:42 PM
I'm going to be building a new PC so have downloaded ubuntu in preparation for the new PC. I have tried to boot the CD on my laptop and get the following message:

BusyBox V1.15.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.15.3-1ubuntu5) built-in shell (ash)

Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands

(initramfs) Can not mount /dev/loop0 (/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs


Does anyone have any advice on what I need to do?

Regards

Taex.

sikander3786
February 17th, 2011, 09:51 PM
Welcome to the forums :-)

Run an MD5SUM test on the downloaded image and make sure it is not corrupt.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

If the sums match, burn a new disc and this time, at the lowest possible speed. I burn at 4x.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Or if your Bios supports, you can use a USB drive.

http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/01/create-ubuntu-live-usb-using-unetbootin.html?showComment=1297175951702#c3100135 703895167905

The error you quoted above, most probably appears due to a bad burn.

Taexali
February 17th, 2011, 11:29 PM
Thanks sikander3786

The ISO file was corrupt. Downloaded again, burnt a new CD and all is well in the world of ubuntu!!!!

Taex.