Installation media self-check is giving me a reply that makes no sense. It is not saying success or failure; it’s saying:
Please make sure your installation medium is available. Retry?
I’m using the net install on a USB flash drive.
So, is it not smart enough to know it’s on USB, and trying to verify a CD that it can’t find?
I see reports of this error related to Wifi, but I’m plugged-into the LAN.
Confused,
Lance
That’s the problem. It is looking for a CD or DVD to check.
My advice: don’t do media checks when you are using a USB. But do validate your download with md5 or similar checksums before you write it to the USB.
On 2015-06-04 17:16, nrickert wrote:
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> LanceHaverkamp;2713600 Wrote:
>> I’m using the net install on a USB flash drive.
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> That’s the problem. It is looking for a CD or DVD to check.
>
> My advice: don’t do media checks when you are using a USB. But do
> validate your download with md5 or similar checksums before you write it
> to the USB.
It is impossible to validate the USB stick. The image file can be
validated before it is placed on the USB stick, but not later — at least
on the lives, after the first boot, its partition table is modified,
adding a writeable partition. Thus changed, it no longer can pass the
check, which anyways, only tests CD/DVDs.
I don’t know if they can redesign the test, or at least give a message
that USB sticks can’t be tested.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
A writeable partition is added for live USB. But the OP was about the NET install image, and I’m pretty sure that doesn’t add a writeable partition.
However, I agree that it would be good if the test could be fixed to either give a sensible message or to even check just the one partition that should not change.
The actual image can be different for each class of device. the test is for CD/DVD only. That is mainly because burning a dvd/cd is just not all the reliable. Copying an image to a drive is very reliable.