Unable to install

[Zachmarius]

Hello,

I am just starting to get into Linux again (It's been many many years) and I'm having trouble installing Ubuntu to my machine. Here's what I have...

Compaq Presario SR1000V
P4 @ 2.6Ghz
MSI - MS 6577
Evga Nvidia GeForce 6200 PCI 256MB
1GB Ram
WDC WD800BB - 80GB
WDC WD1000BB - 100GB (place of installation)
Bios: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Also BTW I'm currently running WinXP SP3 on the 80GB. (Not that it should matter.


And these are the error messages I'm reciving when I try to load Ubuntu.

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Error for Installation from CD
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/init: line 1: can't open /dev/sr1 on /cdrom failed: No medium found
/init: line 1: can't open /dev/sr1 on /cdrom failed: No medium found
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /cdrom failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/sdc1 on /cdrom failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /cdrom failed: Invalid argumen
/init: line 1: can't open /dev/sr1 on /cdrom failed: No medium found
/init: line 1: can't open /dev/sr1 on /cdrom failed: No medium found

BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

(initramfs)
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Error from Installation on Windows and trying to load

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Completing the Ubuntu installation.
For more installation boot options, press 'ESC' now...
0
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3400, size=0x3b26e0]
[Initrd. addr=0x2f4b6000, size=0x57d098]


BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /isodevice failed: Input/output error
Cannot mount /dev/sda1 on /isodevice

(initramfs)

[mikewhatever]

It looks like the installer can't see the cdrom for some reason. A simple workaround would be to try installing from a usb stick. I'd also recommend checking the downloaded iso file for errors.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

[Zachmarius]

I have tried the winMD5 and the MD5SUM is the same. I am thinking using a USB stick would be the best. However I cannot find a IMG file for the desktop. It seems like the only ones are CD's. And seeing how that the MD5 is correct yet my computer doesn't like it...

[Zachmarius]

Ok. I've correctly loaded it onto a cd image as well as loading it onto a usb drive. I've tried to do both installers and still come up with the same error message as in my first post.

Honestly I'm about to give up.

[presence1960]

Ok. I've correctly loaded it onto a cd image as well as loading it onto a usb drive. I've tried to do both installers and still come up with the same error message as in my first post.

Honestly I'm about to give up.

How did you make the bootable USB?

[Zachmarius]

I downloaded the i386 from the Ubuntu main page for the computer I am putting it on from the computer I'm putting it on. I ran WinMD5 to double check that the the MD5SUM was the same on the UbuntuHash page. I then had Unetbootin write the ISO to the USB drive. I then booted up my computer with the USB Drive as the primary. I still had the errors.

I am trying to use Ubuntu 9.10 but I am seeing a lot of documents solving problems for 9.04. Should I try to find 9.04 for a more stable system?

[mikewhatever]

Check out this bug report, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ev/+bug/143958.

works and I can access the file system. After typing "exit" to return to the menu the CD is found and the next stage in the installer runs correctly and files are copied from the CD.

I've encountered this same problem on an Acer Travelmate C104TCi, which also uses an external IEEE1394 DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive which appears as /dev/scd0.

From busybox I can do:

mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
exit

and continue with the installation.

[kslen]

This error just resurfaced while installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a Lenovo S12 netbook throug a USB stick. Told initramfs to exit two times and it continued to load.

[irv]

From the specs on the computer I would think that the newest version (10.04) would work great. My first question would be, why are you trying to install a older version?
Maybe you can start here and just follow the pages to see if there is something you might have miss during installing.
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/instal...i386/pr01.html

[irv]

Sorry, maybe I should have given you this link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/

This document contains installation instructions for the Ubuntu 10.04 system (codename “‘Lucid Lynx’”), for the Intel x86 (“i386”) architecture. It also contains pointers to more information and information on how to make the most of your new Ubuntu system.