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slislick24

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Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 5

Error message when installing SliTaz 4

Warning: /dev/cdrom: Mount failed Error 3 Invalid source

This is what I get when I try to install SliTaz on my hard drive. I think I'm doing the other stuff right like adding a password and selecting the drive (there are 3 to select), but it won't install.

gibor

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Registered: 2011-04-30

Posts: 1,067

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

Try before to launch slitaz-installer, at to mount your live source on /dev/cdrom

Filou

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Registered: 2011-05-03

Posts: 256

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

During startup, /dev/cdrom is automatically added to /etc/fstab by the init script /etc/init.d/rcS.

Some applications (like PCManFM) use udev for device detection, so the fstab entry produces error messages.

Maybe your fstab entry is buggy? I suggest deleting the entry and trying over again.

Ceel

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

@slislick24

Open the file manager, click on the CDreader to mount the CD and look in the address bar where it is mounted ; on my PC, CDrom are mounted in /media and never in /media/cdrom.

Then, open TazPanel, click on Panel (the name of the first tab) and look in the statistics which disk correspond to the CDreader ; on my computer it's... hdc !

So, as you, I can't install SliTaz from TazPanel with the LiveCD ; I used an iso image.

Edit : and as you, I had an Error 3

slislick24

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Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 5

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

@Ceel

Where would the CDreader be? And in the TazPanel under panel it only says: terminal, processs and create a report

Ceel

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

@slislick24

The CDreader appears in the left part of the file manager (you must insert a CDrom inside before)

In TazPanel, just click on the name of the tab (Panel) not on one of the three options (Terminal/Processes/Create Report)

slislick24

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Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 5

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

@Ceel

Sorry for not know what I'm doing. I understand clicking the Panel now.

Just to be sure, mounting this disk is just clicking on it to the left in the file manager right?

And like you, it says my disk is "hdc" so now what?

And it says the file or iso is located "/media/SliTaz core-4in1"

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Error message when installing SliTaz 4

@slislick24

Open terminal ,su,password: root

chmod 666 /dev/hdc

chmod 666 /dev/cdrom

Retry installation.

If that doesn't work:

[1]Find out the cdreader drive name:

[c]fgrep -s "drive name" /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info | cut -f 3[/c]

[2]As root make install SOURCE_ROOT= /media/source

[c]mkdir  /media/source[/c]

[3]Mount Slitaz 4.0 live cd in cdreader to /media/source

[c]mount -t iso9660  /dev/result from [1]       /media/source[/c]

This command:

[c]ls -la /media/source[/c]

Should return:

total 13

drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          2048 Apr 10 20:49 .

drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root           160 Sep 23 19:36 ..

drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          2048 Apr 10 20:49 boot

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          2633 Apr 10 20:44 index.html

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          3248 Apr 10 20:49 md5sum

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           878 Apr 10 20:44 README

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1217 Apr 10 20:44 style.css

Retry installation.