Here's another work-around:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10420985&postcount=13
I also think this could be the basis for a real fix by the Ubuntu team.
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Here's a work-around:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10420985&postcount=13
I also think this could be the basis for a real fix by the Ubuntu team.
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Tested it with Kubuntu Jaunty Final now.. same thing like before. Tried
the workaround of Adam Hill now which didn't work for me. Using my old
CD drive now which worked with alpha 5 and beta 1, too.
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is this bug related or perhaps the core issue?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-setup/+bug/316618
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Same problem here with Jaunty. I tried installing from a USB stick but
the alternate installer doesn't like not being on a CD. Apparently it
can be done with cunning use of symlinks but I couldn't get it going.
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I got the same problem. Hardy installed perfectly, I havn't tested
Intrepid, but Jaunty Alpha 5 and Beta 1 fail with the same error as
described in this thread. Will try my old CDROM drive now and if that
fails, the solution of Adam Hill.
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The same problem for me (alternate/alpha6/Jaunty). I am using a NEC
3500AG DVD-RW.
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i have this problema with alternate cd of intrepid and jaunty alfa4 but
not with hardy
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I've just come across this one myself... again an NEC CDROM though this
time in a Laptop ( a Philips Freevents model. ) Since changing the CDROM
is not an option for me, and I don't have a USB CDROM drive handy, I
came up with this workaround:
When the message appears the first time:
Ctrl-Alt-F2 t
Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S (sata) drive, ASUS P5B-Deluxe WIFI/AP,
ubuntu-8.10-server-amd64.iso burned three times of those 3 times, the
image was downloaded twice.
Install the base system dialog eventually indicates "Updating available
list of packages" (I believe) and I am presented wit the sa
Same problem here. The same system installed 7.10 and 8.04 without any
problem.
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I finally got Intrepid installed. The solution was to search the attic
for an old CD-ROM drive from 1999 and use it during installation.
The failing drive is:
- Sony NEC Optiarc Inc
DVD/CD Rewritable Drive
Model no. AD-7173A
The working solution:
- Really old LG CD-ROM drive
- Alternat
I got the same problem with both beta and final Intrepid.
I had an IDE Nec ND-3500A. I tried several times master or slave => doesn't
work. mdadm package doesn't want to be installed. I tried to make a cp
/cdrom/pool/.../mdadm* /tmp => device error !
I tried CD check => works fine
Then I used
Same here! I am using the AMD64 alt CD. At the same point I get:
>>please insert the disc labeled 'Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Relese amd64
>>(20081028)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter.
>>
>>Media change
I've tried it 4 times now with my IDE NEC 3520 DVDRW, and it keeps
showing. After
A bit more about that previous post. I got the error with the release
disc, but not with the beta disc. The beta installation ran to
completion. However, it would not boot.
While troubleshooting I noticed that my CD-ROM was on the primary
controller and the one IDE drive was on the secondary, a
I have the same problem with the AMD64 "alternate" disc.
I did *not* have the problem when I installed the AMD64 "alternate" for
the beta.
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There might be a commonality.. I ran into this bug 4 times in a row,
but once I switched my CD-ROM drive for an old no-name spare I had lying
around, the install went smoothly. The original drive when I ran into
the bug was an NEC ND-3550A -- same as Stormelf's, similar to Keyser's,
and the same
Hello all,
bug #274396 is a duplicate of this one. In that bug it states that you
should "Save debug logs", but that isn't possible since it doesn't
matter if you flick on or , the same dialog box pops
up again prompting to change the media.
I'm testing this on the released version 8.10. So it a
I tried installing Kubuntu 8.10 final with the alternate CD. Checked CD
for defects and no error. The installer stops with Media Change error as
above. I tried to figure out what was wrong, and noticed the installed
sources.list file, contains only the path to the installer, but no web
mirrors. Bec
I've just test it with an old IDE Asus Cdrom and it seems to work, at
least on vmware. So the problem might be my NEC DVDRW drive.
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I'm having the same problem. I've tried both Intrepid Alternate Beta and
the daily build(20081017). The funny thing is that I can reproduce this
bug all the time in VMWare, using the cdrom device directly. If I use
iso image instead in vmware, it works just fine. But I couldn't
reproduce this in Vi
I am having the same problem with both the alternate Intrepid "beta" and
alternate Intrepid "daily 2008-10-15". Installing with full disk LUKS
encryption. CD-rom install using a very common CD/DVD IDE player NEC ND-
3550A. This was never a problem with Hardy or earlier.
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[!!] Install the base sys
This happens/happened to me as well. Alternate CDROM stops ~40% into
base system and wants another CDROM.
Alternate i386 Alpha-4 and Alpha-5.
Desktop Alpha-4/5 i386 is OK (I installed from that).
Never had problems with Gutsy, Hardy etc. Not seen anything like this before.
CDROM info (running G
I replaced the IDE dvd/cd-drive with a new SATA drive, then tried to
install again from the alpha-5 intrepid-alternate-amd64.iso. This time
the installation went OK, so the conclusion is warranted that the
problem was with recognizing my IDE dvd/cd-drive.
But note that there appears to be nothing
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