LMDE installation on a Notebook - problems
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:11 am
I'm trying to install LMDE on a Samsung Notebook - no CD/DVD-drive, no USB boot. The only way of installation is via network.
My PC has a functioning PXE installer with a tftpboot partition and DHCP server configured to serve to the notebook's MAC address.
I've downloaded the 201204 32-bit DVD/USB hybrid ISO to my PC, copied it to the tftpboot partition and set up links to the isolinux folder, etc.
When I link the two machines and power up the notebook the PXE connection starts but then fails with the message:
"Failed to locate CD-ROM device"
I've tried modifying 201204's isolinux.cfg from:
"label live
menu label Start Linux Mint
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append boot=live config initrd=/casper/initrd.lz live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --"
by adding "file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed" to the append line:
"label live
menu label Start Linux Mint
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append boot=live config initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --"
But that makes no difference.
How do I get the DVD/USB ISO recognised?
My PC has a functioning PXE installer with a tftpboot partition and DHCP server configured to serve to the notebook's MAC address.
I've downloaded the 201204 32-bit DVD/USB hybrid ISO to my PC, copied it to the tftpboot partition and set up links to the isolinux folder, etc.
When I link the two machines and power up the notebook the PXE connection starts but then fails with the message:
"Failed to locate CD-ROM device"
I've tried modifying 201204's isolinux.cfg from:
"label live
menu label Start Linux Mint
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append boot=live config initrd=/casper/initrd.lz live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --"
by adding "file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed" to the append line:
"label live
menu label Start Linux Mint
kernel /casper/vmlinuz
append boot=live config initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed live-media-path=/casper quiet splash --"
But that makes no difference.
How do I get the DVD/USB ISO recognised?