I’m hoping someone can help me with the following issue. I have a Dell PowerEdge R410 and basically the Optical Drive has failed when I have been given the server. I have installed 2 SATA drives and want to install Ubuntu 11.04; however, each time I have tried i.e. using bootable .iso on USB it failed. I assume it’s failing as with a lot of releases they all look at the CD drive. Ubunutu has failed on installation with the error message unable to mount CD.
I have tried installing Microsoft Hyper-v and that also fails as during installation it asks for CD/DVD drivers. Tried embedding ISO’s from various distro’s (Linux and Windows) with drivers and that hasn’t worked out either.
Does anyone have any idea on how I can get Ubuntu on this server? Should I look towards an old distro perhaps?
Answer
Assuming you’re following these instructions (without success), here are options that don’t involve a flash drive:
- Attach a USB CD/DVD drive.
- Open up the case, temporarily attach a regular SATA CD/DVD drive for installation.
- Set the local DHCP server to enable PXE booting, install Ubuntu over the network.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Bill Johnson , Answer Author : user9517
