Please insert the disc labeled: Ubuntu-Server 8.10

Hi,

I have a Dell 470 and trying to install the Ubuntu server edition v8-10, it goes all fine with installing untill it is doing the part of installing the base system, it then comes up with the following message.

Please insert the disck labeled: 'Ubuntu-Server 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081028.1)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter.

Then it comes in a loop of continues trying and no way to get any further.

I have used the CTRL-ALT-F2 and when in console i go to cdrom and do a ls-al and it shows folders and files.

Is there anyone out there who can give me some help to get it going? I have tested the cdrom and also the md5, i burned it with 1 speed and imgburn, I have no more ideas... :-((

i also tried to umount and mount again the cdrom, no result either.

Kind regards,

I had the same issue, on my case, it was slow/old hardware. On my case, the workaround was to make a minimal install, and then proceed to download the rest of the desired install from internet. This happened on a fairly old box, with both 8.04 Server and 8.10.

Thanks for your reply, the mystery is that I have installed Kubuntu v7.10 with same cdrom player and had no problems.

Maybe a bug in this new server edition?

Downloading the version 8.04 now to see if that one is going to work, any idea of replacing the cd-rom player will be a good idea?

Not sure, as I didn't had that particular problem installing Server 8.10, *but* Server 8.04 and Intrepid (plain vanilla desktop) on the same box. On both cases, I had to go with a minimal install.

The same thing happened to me. After much frustration I eventually got it to work by installing from a USB DVD drive rather than the internal drive I had been using.

I was able to install the 8.04 tls from cd and also a few other linux flavours. I am quite sure that they have changed something in 8.10 as it seems a bit different aproach this installer. Any way I am just a starter and haven't got the knowledge to understand it all, but i will give it a try with a portable drive.

Keep you informed.

And many thanks for support.

This is not a workaround, and I am only posting this in case it helps [anyone] to track down why the server doesn't install properly.

I had the same problem, described here, with a Dell Inspiron 5000, installing from a CD (a downloaded ISO image).

So fed up did I become that I installed a basic openSUSE Linux instead (accepting all its defaults). I quickly decided that that version of Linux was not for me, so I had a go with Ubuntu again.

Now, with the same CD and the same computer, the Ubuntu server installed without any problems. I do not know enough about Linux to explain why.

Got the same problem too and can't finish the install correctly. tryed to reinstall, and tryed to fix a broken system too. with this last one i get to a shell prompt from which i will have to do everything by hand, but i'm not such an expert so i will say i'm stucked...

I think the problem in my case could be related with my system manage disks. i am installing the server on a sata disk. my main disk drive controller it's still an ide controller, then there is also sata support. beeing the os hard disk a sata disk, it appears connected like a 3rd IDE master disk...while the CD-ROM is secondary IDE master...may this be the problem????

regards:(

I actually solved the problem substituteing the dvd RW unit the unit giving me the problem was a Sony NEC Optiarc model No. AD-7170A substituted with an Philips CDRW 4800 ... still have to finish the installation toh...but well passed the point where i was getting stucked before...

I had exactly the same problem, in my case it was Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7173A. Seems that there's either bug in drivers for them, or they are just out of specs..

Btw, regarding the same DVD drive, i also got tons of errors when trying to install Ubuntu desktop on different machine.

having the same issue... RIGHT NOW lol... guess i'll just download 8.04 for now.

And my box is fairly new (a year or so old) =/

the_flood502 said: having the same issue... RIGHT NOW lol... guess i'll just download 8.04 for now.

And my box is fairly new (a year or so old) =/

I'm afraid it won't help. I had issues with my cdrom before, also on 8.04.

What model do You have?

Hi, I browsed this from another forum and works fine for me, go to /etc/at/sources.list and comment the lines stating abt CD ROM (2 lines probably), Regards, ted

I fixed this by creating a small partition (1gb) for swap.