"CD-ROM couldn't be mounted" error when installing (booting up) ubunto server 10.10

torkmuffin · 02-22-2011, 06:14 AM

Perty self explanitory, I'm trying to boot up ubunto server edition 10.10 from a USB stick (pen drive) and it works fine until step 3 when it says
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"Your installation CD-ROM couldn't be mounted. This probably means that the CD-ROM was not put in the drive. If so you can insert it and try again

Try again to mount the CD-ROM?
<Yes> <No>"
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I don't have an installation cd-rom!?!?
I put the .iso file onto a memory stick, inserted it into my old computer (which i will turn into a server later) , restarted it and got past the first two slides and got this error?

What do I do, do I have to put the iso on a cd-rom???

camorri · 02-22-2011, 08:53 AM

If you just copied the ISO image to the usb stick, you would have to mount it. A much easier way is to use UnetBootin.

Here is the link. This makes your USB stick into a bootable device.

The link -->http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net

I used this to install Ubuntu to my netbook, it doesn't have a CD drive at all. You do have to go into the BIOS and set the system to boot from USB.

torkmuffin · 02-22-2011, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camorri

If you just copied the ISO image to the usb stick, you would have to mount it. A much easier way is to use UnetBootin.

Here is the link. This makes your USB stick into a bootable device.

The link -->http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net

I used this to install Ubuntu to my netbook, it doesn't have a CD drive at all. You do have to go into the BIOS and set the system to boot from USB.

But I need ubunto SERVER EDITION, and it doesn't do ubunto server edition

camorri · 02-22-2011, 12:59 PM

Follow the instructions for "Installing Other Distributions Using NetBootin". Mandriva 2010.1 isn't listed either, and it works just fine.