I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10. However, I get the following error:
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
I get this every time I try to install it on an old dual core PC. I'm booting from a USB but don't have any other usb ports in use. Is there something in particular that I'm doing wrong or should I try installing using a CD?
I have a Toshiba R100, I just bought a new hard drive, I was planning on dual booting with XP but every time I try to install XP i get the blue screen error. What i really want to do is just have ubuntu. The computer has an external Hard drive and usb floppy drive.
I burned the ISO 11.10 ubuntu to a cd at 4x speed and now i have a 9.10.
So, I got a new computer (64 bit quad core yada yada).
pulled my Ubuntu SSD drive from old machine, installed it into new machine.
(my intention here is to have Ubuntu installed on the 120G SSD, Win7 on the main drive)
downloaded 64 bit Ubuntu, burned it to a disk.
rebooted with Live CD, installed Ubuntu to the SSD drive, had no problems
rebooted again, got the grub menu, selected Ubuntu
aft
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.
I have a R100 Toshiba external CD-Rom using pci card and usb floppy. I have tried to install XP to see if it works any different and to do that I have to use recovery disks for the Toshiba to make a X: drive and then use winnt to put files on hard drive and install from there other wise if it tries from the cd I get a blue screen. So is there anyway to do something similar to ubuntu?
I have read the other post but seems like they did not help my problem...So im getting unable to find a medium containing a live file system” error when installing it gets to a certin line in the command line then errors out with that message. Is there a way or a work around?? I also tried to boot from USB but its booting straight into windows.
Hello,
I found similar issues in other threads, but no one has respondind, so I'll start a new thread:
I'm an experienced Windows developer, but a Linux neophyte. I've tried to install Ubuntu desktop on my workstation from a dvd, which results in the above error. My hardware is a Dell XPS-9100 high-end workstation. The OS is Win 7. My option was to install alongside Windows.
Well most of us we are having the same problem no idea why...
I've touched everything in bios and keeps going wrong, I've touched ASCI SATA. I've put as first boot in bios my HDD and then in loading screen when I turn on the computer on I press F12 to chose from where I want to boot... I chose USB bla bla...
Everything works from my USB, windows, hiren's...
I have an install disk by Sardu containing 4 OS.
When I boot up, regardless of whish OS I choose I get the error message
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.
Is this referring to the install disk? Or to my HD.
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