[nmglug] bios mount gabroken.

[a]

Ted;
cdrom listed ahead of hard disk: yes
I have tried lives disks ubuntu and mint new from os disks.
here a few command line searches perhaps will give you more ideas.

a at a-laptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 mnt
[sudo] password for a:
a at a-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c9cfd

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   283731967   141864960   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       304214014   312580095     4183041    5  Extended
/dev/sda3       283731968   304211967    10240000   83  Linux
/dev/sda5       304214016   312580095     4183040   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
a at a-laptop:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 mnt
mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or mnt busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda1 is already mounted on /home/a/mnt

a at a-laptop:~$ wodim --devices
wodim: No such file or directory.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.

a at a-laptop:~$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 149.1G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0 135.3G  0 part /
├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part
├─sda3   8:3    0   9.8G  0 part /home
└─sda5   8:5    0     4G  0 part [SWAP]
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
a at a-laptop:~$

best,a



On 06/06/2015 02:32 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> A., Have you tried F2 and the Boot menu to see if the CDROM is listed
> ahead of the hard disk? You might also give Removable Drive priority
> so that a usb stick could also be used for your boot up device.
> Anyway, make a few tries, I have found it may take four start ups on
> average to get the live/install process to work. Also check the
> install disk for scratches, as they do wear out eventually. Good luck.
> Ted P.
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