On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2018-05-11, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > > The real problem is that after going through the first three or four > > screens, the install halts, complaining about not being able to read the > > CD-ROM. > > I would guess that in the installer's parlance it's referring to your usb > stick. > > Have you tried another stick (flaky stick)? Or another usb port (flaky > port)? > > > Googling the issue suggested a couple of possible fixes, but I've had no > > success yet. > > If only we knew what they were--like going to the console and mounting > the usb stick manually? > > Yes, but mounting didn't work, no matter what I tried. But as reported in another post just now, the problem turned out to be that the stick had a "mac" partition table; I converted it to "GPT", and now all is well (well, except for the trackpad not working, which I'll worry about later).
-- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
