[SOLVED] [slackware64-14.2] The USB drive I'm using to install slackware won't stay mounted

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-15-2017, 04:12 PM

Hi All,
I'm trying to install slackware from a usb stick, but immediately after boot it automatically unmounts. I tried getting around this by making a temporary directory, mounting the usb there and trying to install from that & installing the packages from one of the mirrors but in both cases that packages failed to install. Is there anyway to fix this?

Drakeo · 02-15-2017, 04:25 PM

create your usb image ok and then tell your computer to boot from it. What is it F10 F11 F2 or the delete button what ever one it is that lets you choose the boot device. boot from the usb hard drive ok thats the device you want to boot from ok.
If this is a proprietary computer like a acer for windows thing. I am sorry I do not keep up with the newer secure boot stuff.
Reason is never buy proprietary hardware I prefer Industry standard. Unlike Dell HP ACER etc etc etc .
if using the windows 10 you should be ok by selecting the device to boot from.

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-15-2017, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakeo

create your usb image ok and then tell your computer to boot from it. What is it F10 F11 F2 or the delete button what ever one it is that lets you choose the boot device. boot from the usb hard drive ok thats the device you want to boot from ok.
If this is a proprietary computer like a acer for windows thing. I am sorry I do not keep up with the newer secure boot stuff.
Reason is never buy proprietary hardware I prefer Industry standard. Unlike Dell HP ACER etc etc etc .
if using the windows 10 you should be ok by selecting the device to boot from.

Sorry If I wasn't clear on this, but the usb unmounts after I've booted up the slackware install iso, the computer currently has no OS installed on it

laprjns · 02-15-2017, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ICantThinkOfAName

...but the usb unmounts after I've booted up the slackware install iso.....

How do you know that the usb device unmounted?
Is the installer running?
Did you log in as root into the installer?

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-15-2017, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by laprjns

How do you know that the usb device unmounted?

When I type mount "/dev/sdb /directory_I_MadeTemporarily_For_Installation" it returns /dev/sdb not found

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Originally Posted by laprjns

Is the installer running?
Did you log in as root into the installer?

yes and yes

colorpurple21859 · 02-15-2017, 08:28 PM

what is the output of

Code:

fdisk -l

That is a small L.

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-15-2017, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

what is the output of

Code:

fdisk -l

That is a small L.

15 Ram disks and then /dev/sda, which is my laptop's internal drive

colorpurple21859 · 02-15-2017, 08:39 PM

Did you check the mdsum on the iso? May have been a bad download.

colorpurple21859 · 02-15-2017, 08:43 PM

also what is the output of the following:

Code:

lspci
lsusb
lsmod

laprjns · 02-16-2017, 05:33 AM

I'm confused. Did you type in "setup" after logging in as root? Did you get to the point in the installing process where a dialog box ask you to select the media from which to install Slackware? The usb stick isn't mounted until the installer gets to this point in the process.

Alien Bob · 02-16-2017, 08:28 AM

Let's go a few steps back.

Where did you obtain that Slackware installer? Can you give an exact download link?
How did you create the bootable USB stick out of that Slackware installer download?
Can you describe in more detail what happens between powering on the computer and that point where you see that the USB stick gets unmounted?

Somehow I can not shake off the idea that you are talking about something completely different.

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-16-2017, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

Did you check the mdsum on the iso? May have been a bad download.

Yes the md5 hash was the same as the proper one

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

also what is the output of the following:

Code:

lspci
lsusb
lsmod

All USB related entries in lspci

Code:

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Fammily USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
0d:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)

lsusb

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 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 090c:1000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b221
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

USB related entries in lsmod

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Module             Size Used by
uas               14034 0
usb_storage       55590 1 uas

Quote:

Originally Posted by laprjns

I'm confused. Did you type in "setup" after logging in as root? Did you get to the point in the installing process where a dialog box ask you to select the media from which to install Slackware? The usb stick isn't mounted until the installer gets to this point in the process.

Yes I got to that point in the installer and it wouldn't detect the USB

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Where did you obtain that Slackware installer? Can you give an exact download link?

I got it from the Torrent for Slackware 14.2, 64-bit x86_64 link on the http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php page

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

How did you create the bootable USB stick out of that Slackware installer download?

dd if=/path/to/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/disk2 bs=4m

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Can you describe in more detail what happens between powering on the computer and that point where you see that the USB stick gets unmounted?

I boot into the iso, login, type fdisk -l the usb does not show up. Then when I get to the source selection portion of the installer, the installer won't detect the USB

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-16-2017, 07:54 PM

Alright, it seems like the USB unmounts either right at the end of the TARGET portion of setup or right at the beginning of the SOURCE section

colorpurple21859 · 02-16-2017, 08:09 PM

after logging in, unplug and replug the usb key back in then

Code:

dmesg |tail

ICantThinkOfAName · 02-16-2017, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

after logging in, unplug and replug the usb key back in then

Code:

dmesg |tail

That sorta worked, but now I have the usb unmounting mid package install which screws the installation