Re: Squeeze install hangs reading CD drive
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:49:57 +0000, Steve Kleene wrote:
> I'm trying to do a fresh netinst of Squeeze on a new desktop, and it's
> hanging in "Select and install software". I looked at console 4 while
> it was hanging and saw 8-line kernel errors like this ad nauseam:
>
> sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key: Medium error [current]
> sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error sr 0:0:0:0:
> [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 1e 00 00 02 00 end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 120
> Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 30
> Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 31 sr 0:0:0:0:
> [sr0] Unhandled sense code sr 0:0:0:0:
> [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
>
> So it's failing to read the CD.
(...)
Maybe a bad media or bad cable? As an alternative, you can try by
creating an USB boot disk.
Since Squeeze, it is very easy to make an USB flash drive from where to
start the installation (instructions can be found here¹).
***
cat debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdX
***
Where "X" has to match the assignement for your USB device. You can
get its value by running "dmesg" once you plug the flash drive (remember
that all the data on the USB flash will be destroyed).
Wait until it finishes and issue:
***
sync
***
And then boot from the USB. That's all.
¹http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-isohybrid
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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