install issues with cd and usb with 9.04 on new setup
I have a new Shuttle that Im working on installing Ubuntu.
I have been at this several days so Im a bit frustrated. I have a sata 500gb hd that Im installing to, a ide 250gb hd with my old /home and, a sata cd drive. I first tried to install via cdrom. The cd is good as I used it to install 9.04 on this laptop recently. The cdrom just wasnt being seen. So I decided to use the USB create startup disk program and create a thumb drive. Upon install I had this problem: "The installer needs to commit changes to partition tables, but cannot do so because partitions on the following mount points could not be unmounted.: /cdrom Please close any apps using these mount points. Would you lik the installer to try to unmount these partitions again?" I choose continue and it just starts the entire partitioning process again. I shut down the machine and I unplugged the cdrom before doing this next run through. Same problem. I have set the cdrom above the hd in the bios startup but it doesnt seem to make a difference. And the usb only is sceen every fourth or fifth boot time. I've just run out of ideas on installing at this point. Wade |
Since last night I have tried some more things.
To test the cd drive out I changed around the hd and cd cables to check the cables. I downloaded three more 9.04 iso's from different sites and none will burn to a disk. I have tried buring from several ubuntu machines and three window machines. All have problems at around the 2 to 5% mark with a general "write error". I had my neighbor also download and try to burn on his cd's (a different brand than mine) same issue on his computers (windows and linux). I installed another copy to my neighbors thumb drive and had the same "cant unmount cd" error. If I werent having these problems myself I would think the person describing all these problems had broke out of some hospital --- there are just problems at every turn. I have tried different computers, different burners, different cables.. I just cant make headway. Apparently Im not the only one as I have posted in several forums and the responses I have received are things I have already tried or one guy just responded ...."scratching head... good luck". Wade |
Not sure about straight ubuntu-9.04
but Ultimate 2.2/2.3 I'm using as no issues at all from dvd or usb... have you tried any other ubuntus besides the reg one? |
I have not. I was thinking about trying out foresight linux... I moved up from 8.04 to 9.04 though. Maybe its time to look at 8.04 again or another version.
Wade |
Other ones I've tried witout issue are wattOS, a "green" distro
http://www.planetwatt.com/ |
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SATA has two modes on mine: IDE chosen, AHCI.
Shuttle recommended AHCI but that did not help either. Wade |
Shuttle is trying to help me at least. From the list of things I have tried that I gave to them - they sent me three things to try. Unfortunately,nothing they have suggested worked.
I was FINALLY to get what I thought was the cd rom to boot: BOOT from CD: ... I think is the message on screen --- but it thought for a second and then went right on to the hd. Wade |
Solved
CRAP!!!! I got it.
Ok... didnt actually solve the problem but I fixed my situation. Downloaded another 9.04 distro from outside the US. Used yet another thumb drive. Wrote to that. Rebooted. Hold ESC - boot menu - choose usb-fdd Reboot Hold DEL for bios Look in hd - move the thumb drive to the top reboot Im in :D Thanks for the help guys Wade |
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