On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 5:15 PM Thomas Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > TomK wrote: > > Since I began using USB flash media for the installation disk, I have > > always simply downloaded DVD-1.iso, used 'dd' to write it to the USB, > > booted with it, and installed Debian! > Indeed: I was successful in this way, with both Debian Stretch and Devuan Ascii. > > This should be reported as bug towards package "debian-cd". > > You could try this proposal from > https://askubuntu.com/questions/671159/bootable-usb-needs-cd-rom > Once I get the "Your installation CD-ROM couldn't be mounted..." > message and I'm back at the main Ubuntu Server install screen, I > simply plugged the USB thumbdrive out, then plugged it in again, > and then after pressing the "detect CD" option, I got "The CD-ROM > autodetection was successful... The installation will now continue." > ... and so the installation continued. > > (The other proposals on that page are quite questionable.) > +1 > > If this helps, then i'd bet on a race condition between kernel device > detection and Debian's search for the filesystem with its favorite > marker file. (That's how mounting "CDROM" is supposed to work. Afaik > it is well aware that "CDROM" can be a /dev/sdX rather than a /dev/srX.) > I have a system without a CD drive at all. If I get time over the weekend, I may try this (including unplug/replug). (Curiosity may be hard on cats, but Humans might survive). Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > Kenneth Parker
