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FerociousLinux

Member

Registered: 2021-04-03

Posts: 5

Installation Error: /dev/sr0: Mount failed

Hello all again,

-Trying to install SliTaz 5.0 rolling 20210328.

-Have tried from CD and USB

-Get "Error: /dev/sr0: Mount failed". Error log below.

HARDWARE

-AMD Athlon XP 2200+

-1.5GB Ram

-1GB CF Card (IDE)

-SONY CD-RW  CRX160E (IDE)

-VIA chipset

Tazinst log

=== Tazinst: started on 04/04/2021 06:04:52 PM ===

1 Installing SliTaz on: /dev/sda1

5 Checking settings...

mode           : ok

media          : ok

source         : ok

root_uuid      : ok

root_format    : ok

home_uuid      : ok

home_format    : ok

hostname       : ok

root_password  : Warning: short password!

user_login     : ok

user_password  : Warning: short password!

bootloader     : ok

liveboot       : ok

webboot        : ok

winboot        : ok

10 Preparing source media...

Creating mount point: /media/source...

mount: /media/source: no medium found on /dev/sr0.

-x-x-

Error: /dev/sr0: Mount failed.

Process not completed

x-x-x

=== Tazinst error on 04/04/2021 06:04:58 PM ===

Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.

FerociousLinux

Member

Registered: 2021-04-03

Posts: 5

Re: Installation Error: /dev/sr0: Mount failed

-Tried doing the web install and didn't work either.

-Was able to download the ISO from the LIVE session and installed it that way. So I'm up and running!

Ceel

Administrator

Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: Installation Error: /dev/sr0: Mount failed

Try the solution given in this post:

https://forum.slitaz.org/topic/iso-already-mounted-error#post-49679