dodgy dvd? 'Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.' that would be the dvd - possibly with a corrupt iso? fazza
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:02 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > Looks like you might have a problem with your Hard Disks, can you > explain your hard disk setup (including size, arrangement and types > and what partitions are on them) > > Regards, > > On 03/07/07, Martin Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On booting from the install DVD, after the orange blob had gone to and fro > > about 6 times, > > this message appeared: > > > > /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off > > > > and then, a few seconds later: > > > > [ 89.72282] sdc: assuming drive cache: write through > > [ 89.882264] sdc: assuming drive cache: write through > > > > And I was left at the shell prompt: > > > > (initramfs) > > > > which gave me a very simplified shell. Neither the DVD or any of my hard > > disks were mounted, I assume that all the files visable were in a ram disk. > > > > I found casper.log in the root directory; the first 18 lines of this were > > identical: > > > > /init: /init: 1: cannot open /dev/fd0: No such device or address > > > > and the last line: > > > > Unable to find a medium containing a live file system. > > > > I tried booting several times with the same result each time, except that > > the numbers in square brackets varied. > > > > I have previously instaled several Linux distros on this machine, including > > Ubuntu 6.06, without problems, so I am a loss as to what has gone wrong > > here. Any help would be apreciated. Maybe there is some boot option that > > will help, but I do not know enogh to work it out. > > > > > > The rest of this email folows the format recomended on the DVD. > > > > Boot method: DVD > > Image version: Ubunto 7.04 Feisty Fawn DVD, which came with Linux Magazine > > July 2007 > > Date: Friday 18 June 2007 > > > > Machine: HP Pavillion 740 > > Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz > > Memory: 256 MB > > Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> > > > > $ df -Tl > > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda3 ext3 7684876 3816608 3477892 53% / > > varrun tmpfs 128124 72 128052 1% /var/run > > varlock tmpfs 128124 4 128120 1% /var/lock > > udev tmpfs 128124 160 127964 1% /dev > > devshm tmpfs 128124 0 128124 0% /dev/shm > > lrm tmpfs 128124 18856 109268 15% > > /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/volatile > > /dev/hda1 vfat 3226712 2505112 721600 78% /mnt/winhp > > /dev/hda2 ntfs 24659772 23126772 1533000 94% /mnt/winxp > > /dev/hdb1 vfat 7771600 6321728 1449872 82% /mnt/win98 > > /dev/hdb2 ext3 8570476 4462124 3672992 55% /mnt/debian > > /dev/hda5 ext3 15116836 10053508 4295424 71% /home2 > > /dev/hdc iso9660 4163890 4163890 0 100% /media/cdrom0 > > /dev/sda1 vfat 244516 135048 109468 56% /media/sda1 > > > > Output of lspci and lspci -n: > > > > $ lspci > > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset > > Host Bridge (rev 04) > > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP > > Bridge (rev 04 ) > > 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev > > 05) > > 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev > > 05) > > 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM > > AC'97 Audio (rev 05 ) > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 > > MX/MX 400] (rev b 2) > > 0000:02:01.0 Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 02) > > $ lspci -n > > 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:1a30 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:1a31 (rev 04) > > 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2440 (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:244b (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.2 0c03: 8086:2442 (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:2443 (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.4 0c03: 8086:2444 (rev 05) > > 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2445 (rev 05) > > 0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0110 (rev b2) > > 0000:02:01.0 0703: 134d:7892 (rev 02) > > > > Base System Installation Checklist: > > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > > > Initial boot worked: [E] > > > > > > > > Martin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ________________________________ > > All New Yahoo! Mail – Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard > > protect you. > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > -- > Matthew G Larsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +44(0)7739 785 249 > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
