I’m installing on a VM from an ISO file, got the file mounted as a cdrom, install’s going smoothly, then promptly hits a wall when it tries to install the software packages. I checked syslog and found this worrisome patch in it:
Aug 30 23:07:47 main-menu[219]: INFO: Menu item 'apt-setup-udeb' selected
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: Using CD-ROM mount point /media/cdrom/
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: Unmounting CD-ROM...
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: Waiting for disc...
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup:
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: Mounting CD-ROM...
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: E: Failed to mount the cdrom.
Aug 30 23:07:47 apt-setup: E: No CD-ROM could be auto-detected or found using the
default mount point.
So apparently it’s unmounting the ISO file for some inexplicable reason, attempting to remount it, failing, and then because the file is unmounted it’s unable to install the packages. Does anyone know of a workaround for this?