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ubuntu edgy hd-media image couldn't mount iso file.

Bug #66220 reported by ybyygu
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
busybox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Colin Watson
Edgy
Won't Fix
High
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Bug Description

I have downloaded the vmlinuz and initrd.gz file from the url below in order to install edgy from my hard disk.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-i386/20060711ubuntu15/

However, the installer couldn't mount the iso file, and when I manual mount it, the system given below errors:
mount: couldn't setup loop device.
This fault could be connected with the busybox's bug:
 http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=498

See original description

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/busybox
ybyygu (ybyygu)
description: updated
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Wilmer (wilmer-gaast) wrote :

Yes, I got the same problem here when trying to install from a USB stick. I was already wondering why exactly the same thing did work for Dapper and not for Edgy...

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Whoops, we missed a piece of the devfs path removal work ...

busybox (1:1.1.3-3ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low

  * networking/libiproute/ipaddress.c, networking/libiproute/ll_map.c:
    Define IFLA_*/IFA_* macros removed from the kernel; see
    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022171.html.
  * debian/config-udeb, debian/config-floppy-udeb-linux: Undefine
    CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS (LP: #66220).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:14:21 +0000

Changed in busybox:
assignee: nobody → kamion
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This bug prevents installing Edgy from USB sticks.

Changed in busybox:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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20after4 (twentyafterfour) wrote :

I would volunteer to fix this in edgy if someone could point me in the right direction. I'm a developer but I have minimal experience with os-level hacking on linux. I can fiddle with initrd images but I don't know what was missed / broken to cause this bug.

Anyone care to give me a few clues so that I can work on a fix that works with edgy? I think it's pretty lousy to leave the "production" distro broken since the fix is available and the distributed documentation indicates that usb install is working.

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Ninjagecko (mats-a) wrote : Re: ubuntu edgy hd-mIncrease Severityedia image couldn't mount iso file.

This bug is frankly just ridiculous! This is the only way I can install on my computer with a USB wireless driver, and the "... ... ln /dev/loop0 /dev/loop/0" fix.

Bugs which make you unable to install your system should be fixed immediately! If you leave it much longer (than the month it's already had to fester), it will show how little Canonical gives a hoot about its users.

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Ninjagecko (mats-a) wrote : Re: ubuntu editedgy hd-media image couldn't mount iso file.

"...fix." -> "fix in the Ubuntu forums doesn't work."

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Kieron Wilkinson (kieron-wilkinson) wrote :

Ninjagecko: The fix in the Ubuntu forums does work, but you need to use the alternate ISO image instead of the normal desktop one.

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Hew (hew) wrote :

Ubuntu Edgy Eft is no longer supported, so a SRU will not be issued for this release. Marking Edgy as Won't Fix.

Changed in busybox:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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