[Bug 8659] New: USB CD-ROM fails to mount during install

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           Summary: USB CD-ROM fails to mount during install
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: amd64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: fabbione at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: jhmail at oobleck.astro.cornell.edu
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com
                CC: jhmail at oobleck.astro.cornell.edu


I just tried to install the hoary RC dated 2005-03-30 02:49.  My config:
AMD64, 1 HDD as PATA secondary master, no other PATA devices, USB CD (Sony
DRX-500ULX), USB keyboard and mouse, no ATAPI CD, no floppy, SATA onboard but no
drives connected.  Same behavior whether or not SATA is disabled in BIOS.

It fails to load ide-{mod,probe-mod,detect,floppy}.  It does load usb-storage. 
I understand this is normal.

The install goes through language and keyboard selection fine, but can't mount
the CD it just booted from.  There is a device file that gets created and
destroyed when I plug/unplug the USB cable to the CD.  Ditto for my thumb drive.

When I go to VC2 and type:

mkdir /tmp/foo
mount -r /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /tmp/foo
It says:
mount: Mounting /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /tmp/foo failed: Invalid argument

There's nothing new on VC4 when I do that.  It also won't mount my thumb drive,
same error.  Both drives mount under FC3, so I know they're fine.

When I tell the installer screen on VC1 to try mounting it again, the error on
VC4 is:
Apr  4 19:40:52 cdrom-detect: CDROM-mount failed (error=1):
device=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
It does that twice, with the usual messages about retrying, unmounting, and
giving up.

I tried mounting the device file that the cdrom0 link points to directly, same
"Invalid argument" error.  Ditto for the thumb drive.

--jh--

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