I suggest a cron job for opening this bug over and over again for every ubuntu release (including betas and rc's). :)
That was a joke and here is soultion, that helped me numerous times during installation of at least 3 different Ubuntu releases (8.10, 9.04 hits this bug even in a release, 9.10) Make a change to cdrom detection script, which is (i believe) /var/lib/dpkg/info/cdrom-detect.postinst there is a line in it like if db_get cdrom-detect/try-usb && [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then in this line "&&[ "$RET" = "true" ]" should be removed and then everything goes OK. Actually upon loading alternate install cd one of my first actions are to switch to another console, edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/cdrom-detect.postinst and then proceed as usual. This always worked. I am not sure about any regressions though (e.g. to other installation usecases) 2009/9/11, Fabián Rodríguez <fabian.rodrig...@canonical.com>: > I am having this same issue with the last Karmic alpha 5 LPIA alternate > installer. > > So, reopening as confirmed, nominating for Karmic. > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Fix Released => Confirmed > > ** Tags added: regression-potential > > -- > lpia kernel used on alternate CD doesn't load cd-rom drivers > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347458 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > When booting the jaunty alternate lpia CD (either directly or from a USB key > created with usb-creator), the installer cannot mount /cdrom, which limits > the ability to install. > > This results in the "No common CD-ROM drive was detected." error. > > This is trivial to replicate in kvm, with `kvm -cdrom > jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso`, and proceeding through the install. > > Note that no amount of fiddling with modprobe was able to access either a > virtual or real CD-ROM drive under kvm, nor mount a USB drive created with > usb-creator. > > This behaviour was observed with linux-lpia 2.6.28-9-lpia and earlier. > -- lpia kernel used on alternate CD doesn't load cd-rom drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347458 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
