Installation Error: (initramfs) Unable to find a medium...
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:42 pm
Installing on Microsoft Surface Pro 3:
Love the Surface Pro, terrible OS. (although i did find an app they completely replaces win 8 start button with an exact match to Windows 7 stardock start8)
Anyway, I was successful installing both Ubuntu 14.10 and the 15.04 daily release. But I would prefer to install Ultimate Edition, or a worst case scenario Mint.
While installing Ultimate Edition, right after it detects the USB drive i get the menu to select: Try Ultimate Edition... or Install Ultimate Edition... (as usual)
I select either option and the USB drive light stops blinking and i get an error that flashes to quick to read followed by the Ultimate Edition screen with the red circle (circle is spinning) and red bar (1/3 full) containing an error message as follows:
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-9ubuntu1) buint-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
so i tried to type in help and when i strike the 'L' key i get this:
error opening USB device 'descriptors' file (which repeats each time i press 'L')
Same problem with linux mint but just a black screen no error messages or anything.
"Edit" i should mention i'm using Ultimate Edition 4.6 because 4.6 is built on Ubuntu 15.04 which is 3.19 kernel. Im downloading 4.4 now and will post results
Love the Surface Pro, terrible OS. (although i did find an app they completely replaces win 8 start button with an exact match to Windows 7 stardock start8)
Anyway, I was successful installing both Ubuntu 14.10 and the 15.04 daily release. But I would prefer to install Ultimate Edition, or a worst case scenario Mint.
While installing Ultimate Edition, right after it detects the USB drive i get the menu to select: Try Ultimate Edition... or Install Ultimate Edition... (as usual)
I select either option and the USB drive light stops blinking and i get an error that flashes to quick to read followed by the Ultimate Edition screen with the red circle (circle is spinning) and red bar (1/3 full) containing an error message as follows:
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-9ubuntu1) buint-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
so i tried to type in help and when i strike the 'L' key i get this:
error opening USB device 'descriptors' file (which repeats each time i press 'L')
Same problem with linux mint but just a black screen no error messages or anything.
"Edit" i should mention i'm using Ultimate Edition 4.6 because 4.6 is built on Ubuntu 15.04 which is 3.19 kernel. Im downloading 4.4 now and will post results