Re: Problem reading data from CD-ROM, failed to copy.
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 05:11:31PM -0600, James Byrnes wrote:
> This dilemma is a result of a hackjob, something that normally shouldn't be
> able to run: loading Linux on a $59 WinBook TW-700.
>
> I downloaded a copy of debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst via torrent and extracted
> it to a bootable USB. I had to replace bootx64.efi with bootia32.efi as
> this tablet uses a 32bit EFI while also having a 64bit OS, otherwise it
> would not boot from USB.
>
> Halfway through load installer components from CD, the process fails to
> read the USB and crashes without ability to recover.
>
> Since this tablet only has 1 USB port, I am relegated to using a hub for
> keyboard input.
>
> I believe this issue stems from the fact that the iso was downloaded via
> torrent, and the data could have possibly be corrupted. Hopefully I'll be
> able to obtain a copy from dead-slow HTTP download (forced to use 128kb/s
> cellular data for download).
Wrong medium - use the multi-arch flavour: that will correctly install
32 bit UEFI and 64 bit for everything else.
This is fairly similar to the hacks needed to get Acer Transformer to
work.
HTH,
All the best,
Andy C.
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