Thread: No device for installation media was detected
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No device for installation media was detected
So 2 different usb thumb drives and 3 different versions of boot disk maker software (Rufus 308 and 3.11, BalenaEtcher current) and each 2020 kali installler iso gets stuck at the Detect and Mount installation media phase.
Curious since it booted to the media and launched the installer okay.
On some of the first tries yesterday I ran some of the shell commands found on google articles to see if any of that delta’d but nothing showed. No devices listed.
Any thought or suggestions?
This is a brand new Acer Aspire 5 LT that obvs came with Win10. Like to be able to dual boot. but hoping to just use Kali forever more.
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Same issue here. If I find a solution i’ll post back.
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Try this in the shell
mkdir -p /media/usb
mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb
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I was also having this problem with my 160gig USB HDD (I was using Rufus AND then Etcher) in my netbook. It surely supports USB boot but the message ‘No device for installation media was detected’ kept appearing, even if I unplug then replug the USB device again.
I fixed this one just by using the last version of Rufus (3.12) while formatting my 4gb SD as FAT (just FAT, not FAT32) and by forcing Rufus to write as DD (not ISO), during my instalation of kali-linux-2020.3-installer-amd64.iso (or kali-linux-2020.3-installer-i386). Those versions are always getting updated. Those versions is already ‘hybrid ISO’, which supports ‘ISO writing’ and ‘DD writing’.
Rufus sometimes ask us to download files, like ldlinux.bss and ldlinux.sys from syslinux-6.04 because of newer kernels, it seems. I then clicked ‘ok, download them’.
Gotcha! It showed the partitions (I used just /home as a separate partition), and it’s now formatting with ‘random bytes’ (that one lasted more than 1 hour).
It seems many notebooks and desktops dont like linux ‘USB’ driven installations when we use ‘large disks’ for them. Please try with 2gb, 4gb or perhaps 8gb pendrives, SD or even compact flash ones (with their adapters if applicable).
Can’t install Kali Linux from USB, fails to find CD-ROM drive
I successfully made a live USB of the Kali Linux. When I boot from the USB it gives an option to install. I clicked on that option. At one point it was detecting and mounting CD-ROM drives. As I have no CD-drive or any ROM-drive on my laptop, it gives an error
Can’t mount and detect CD-ROM drives.
I tried the «live something» option that takes me directly to Kali Linux and it loads successfully but I can’t install it permanently. I want to install it so I won’t have to waste my time plugging and unplugging the USB. How to get past the CD-ROM detection and make the installation finish correctly?
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asked Aug 26, 2015 at 7:35
Usman Zia Malik Usman Zia Malik
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1. How did you create USB installation? I did it using program unetbootin many times and never had any problems. It works with Kali 2.0 without any problems. 2. Did you try to use expert install option? Usually in expert install mode you can skip certain steps by moving to next one in the menu/installation agenda.
Aug 26, 2015 at 9:56
i did it with rufus there is no probem in making usb but it gives that error
Aug 26, 2015 at 14:13
See the point no 2 in my previous comment. Kali is based on Debian so it has the same installer. Try to use expert install and skip CDROM step.
Aug 26, 2015 at 14:33
I have the same exact issue. It says «You have failed to insert a Debian instalation medium» as if it is trying to detect the USB as a CD-ROM. However, I can Live boot no problem, just can’t install.
Aug 5, 2021 at 1:18
6 Answers 6
You could resolve the error by repeating the steps :
Run the installer.
Open a shell ( ALT + F2 ).
Create the directory cdrom directly on the root of the file system:
Note : If you got problems making the directory /cdrom, disable the CD-rom player in BIOS or disconnect the cable
Mount the USB as if it is a CD-ROM:
Where sdb1 is your USB device.
You could carry on installation now
After executing mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /cdrom , cd into the /cdrom directory and do an ls to see if the files are there. Then press ALT — F1 to go back, continue and re-select «detect CDROM»
- Unplug your USB from system and re insert it
- wait for mount/ detection (usb LED glow)
- Hit Continue
You could do what I did. Hit escape, type install, hit enter, skip CD drive.
answered Aug 26, 2015 at 9:49
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@UsmanZiaMalik updated answer buddy give it a try
Aug 27, 2015 at 4:37
Layman solution works
Jul 7, 2016 at 19:29
Unplugging the usb and putting it back in worked for me. Thanks!
Sep 7, 2016 at 3:02
after executing mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /cdrom cd into the /cdrom directory and do a ls to see if the files are there. Then press ALT-F1 to go back, continue and reselect «detect CDROM»
Oct 10, 2016 at 20:17
For those where this doesn’t work: go to «Execute Shell» if trying to run Kali linux and type in dmesg . You may be getting errors but it’s a start to debugging why no one’s solution will work. In my case, it may actually be a kernel bug, or I’ve put the wrong installation on. I’m not sure, as it takes forever to download the distro from their site but hey, it may just be that.
Oct 21, 2016 at 21:31
If you use Rufus (v 2.x) to burn the ISO to USB drive, make sure the option is «DD Image» in «Create a bootable disk using«. Not sure if Unetbootin offers the same option. If image is copied using this method, you don’t need to go to terminal and manually mount it.
With Rufus (v 3.x), you can not explicitly choose DD mode. IF the ISO is hybrid or has DD mode, Rufus will prompt you to choose ISO or DD mode AFTER clicking start button.
answered Nov 30, 2016 at 0:11
anonymous coward anonymous coward
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I tried all the answers here and more google results, but none worked. I eventually figured it out, the issue is the file format is not vfat, but iso9660.
When you get the CDROM not found error follow these steps:
Enter a shell ( CTRL + Alt + F2 )
Note: Kali told me to press ( Alt + F2 ), but this didn’t work
Get a list of devices with blkid:
~ # blkid /dev/sdc1: UUID="2018-04-12-12-04-16-00" LABEL="Kali Live" TYPE="iso9660" PARTUUID="81c5e086-01" Note: I have shortened my list to the relevant row. Also you can see the storage type is iso9660, not vfat
Mount the Kali CD with the mount command:
~ # mount -t iso9660 /dev/sdc1 /cdrom Check the contents of /cdrom are as expected:
~ # ls /cdrom autorun.inf efi g2ldr.mbr md5sum.txt win32-loader.ini boot efi.img install pool debian firmware isolinux setup.exe dists g2ldr live tools Switch back to the installer ( CTRL + Alt + F5 )
Note: Kali told me to press ( Alt + F1 ), but this didn’t work. I tried F1 through to F5 until I found the correct combination
From the menu tell it to mount the CDROM, if asked choose /dev/sdc1 and /cdrom. I know we have already mounted the drive, but for some reason this step didn’t work previously, but worked fine after following the previous steps.
The install will now continue as normal.
Установка kali
При установке кали, все время ищет сд ром, все перепробовал, что было на форуме, в итоге ничего не помогло… Кфг: Мать: Lenovo liq45 Проц: core2duo e7400 Ram: 1 gb Сборка скачана с оф сайта. Так же она запускается в лайв. Можно как то в лайв перенести данные с флешки на диск, что бы потом просто грузится с диска?
BAMBILA
30.03.20 16:37:51 MSK
Зачем ты ставишь то, что для установки не предназначено?
Зачем тебе кали?
Ответь, пожалуйста, на эти два вопроса.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:38:54 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:38:54 MSK
Подробнее
Я просто решил установить, объясни, что не так?
BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:39:51 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:38:54 MSK
Это тролль. Дату регистрации глянь с учетом того, что он отписался от своей же темы.
Deleted
( 30.03.20 16:40:21 MSK )
Ответ на: Подробнее от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:39:51 MSK
Я просто решил установить, объясни, что не так?
Ответь, пожалуйста, на вопросы.
В противном случае тема будет удалена.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:41:42 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Deleted 30.03.20 16:40:21 MSK
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:42:08 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:38:54 MSK
Простые смертные недостойны познать эту священную истину. Только какирам и школотронам дано понять прелесть кали на дестопе.
anti_win ★★
( 30.03.20 16:42:36 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от anti_win 30.03.20 16:42:36 MSK
Да погодь ты сразу обзываться. Вдруг он серьезный, ну.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:43:07 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:41:42 MSK
Ахах, ладно удаляй. Я так понял нормальной помощи тут нет.
BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:43:57 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: /del от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:43:57 MSK
Я так понял нормальной помощи тут нет.
Есть. Если ты ответишь на два вопроса выше.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:44:26 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:44:26 MSK
В каком смысле «для установки не предназначено»?
BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:45:22 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:45:22 MSK
В прямом. Это дистр для режима Live. Ты читал сайт этой самой Kali?
Deleted
( 30.03.20 16:46:48 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:45:22 MSK
В прямом. Кали — специализированный дистрибутив, разработанный специально только для запуска с флеш-носителя и выполняющий весьма специфические задачи. В основном — пентесты.
Устанавливать его на ПК не рекомендуется, о чем говорят сами разрабочики дистрибутива — зайди на оф. сайт и прочитай.
Так как он предназначен ТОЛЬКО для запуска специфичного софта, после установки работать как положено нормальной ОС он не будет, посыпятся кучи лагов и глюков.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:47:43 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:47:43 MSK
Понял, сказали бы сразу так, зачем рофлить то?
BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:49:03 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:49:03 MSK
Зачем тебе понадобился этот дистрибутив вообще? Какую задачу тебе необходимо решить? Соседский вайфай взломать? Или изучать Линукс решил?
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( 30.03.20 16:50:50 MSK )
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BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:51:07 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:49:03 MSK
Кто рофлит? Я тебе сразу задал вопрос — для чего тебе кали?
В случае адекватного ответа и пояснения причин — с радостью подскажем.
В случае же обычного «какерста», подцепленного с тытрубы — в бан.
Без обид, просто здесь таких «какеров» каждый первый. И они обычно несут какой-то тупняк и не хотят думать, поэтому среди местного населения вошло в моду сходу «рофлить» и поливать дерьмецов таких вот каликакеров. Не обращай ванимания.
Так для чего тебе устанавливать кали? И вообще для чего он?
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:51:54 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:51:07 MSK
Изучить линукс в целом? Или «как соседский вайфай взломать»?
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:52:26 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:51:07 MSK
Для изучения подойдут следующие: Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro.
Для глубокого изучения: Arch, Gentoo, Void.
Deleted
( 30.03.20 16:52:59 MSK )
Ответ на: комментарий от Zhbert 30.03.20 16:52:26 MSK
В целом изучить, и подумал что можно установить кали.
BAMBILA
( 30.03.20 16:53:06 MSK ) автор топика
Ответ на: комментарий от BAMBILA 30.03.20 16:53:06 MSK
В целом изучить, и подумал что можно установить кали.
Ты ошибся =) В принципе, я тебя понимаю, сейчас этим кали завалены все статьи, причем пишут их имбицилы, в теме не разбирающиеся вообще никак.
Для изучения тебе подойдет любой из «мейнстримовых» дистрибутивов. Обычно советуют Ubuntu, Mint. Если тебе ближе «классический» виндовый интерфейс, то рассмотри Kubuntu — это та же ubuntu, но с окружением рабочего стола KDE.
Все их можно записать на флешку через Rufus или Unetbootin, после чего загрузиться и потыкать. Если понравилось — установить тоже не проблема, там все наглядно и понятно, но нужно не ошибиться с разбивкой жесткого диска.
Предлагаю для начала первый пункт пройти (скачать и потыкать), а уже потом, если решишь таки ставить — мы тебе подскажем с разбивой диска в зависимости от твоей системы.
Zhbert ★★★★★
( 30.03.20 16:56:12 MSK )
Последнее исправление: Zhbert 30.03.20 16:57:37 MSK (всего исправлений: 1)
Forum Thread : How to Fix ‘Failed to Detect and Mount CD-ROM’ Problem When Installing Kali Linux
This guide will help you fix failed to detect and mount CD-ROM problem when installing the latest edition of Kali Linux.
Although there are other guides that exist, I found that the solutions in those guides still did not work when I used the Universal USB Installer to create the bootable USB. After messing with it all weekend, I finally found that if I used Rufus instead, the process worked. I decided to write a post on here so it would pop up on the first page of a google search so people wouldn’t have to go through a bunch of crap to find a fix.
Step 1: Use Rufus to Create Your Bootable Kali USB
For this to work, you must use Rufus to create your bootable Kali USB. You can download it here: rufus.akeo.ie . When prompted, select ‘DD Image Mode’. Using ‘ISO Image Mode’ will not work!!
Step 2: Detect and Mount CD-ROM
a. When you get to this point where it says ‘your installation CD-Rom couldn’t be mounted, unplug the USB from your computer drive and wait 30 seconds before plugging it back in.
b. After plugging the USB back into the drive, wait another 30 seconds then click ‘yes’ to retry mounting the CD-ROM
Step 3: Missing Firmware
During installation you may get a message that indicates you’re missing firmware or some other package, I typically just ignore them and continue on with the installation. I’ve never had any issues. But if you’re insist.
When you get to the part where it notifies you that you’re missing firmware, visit the following link and download it onto a different USB device. packages.debian.org/wheezy/all/firmware-realtek/download.
(Kali Linux is based on Debian Wheezy)
Choose which ever mirror closest to you
Step 4: Install Missing Firmware
Insert the USB you just downloaded the missing firmware onto into the computer you’re installing Kali on. Wait 30 seconds before clicking ‘yes’ to install the firmware from a removable device.
Step 5: Continue with Installation
You should have no further issues.
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14 Responses
Darshit Sharma 6 years ago
what if i dont have another removable device?
Emily Ann 6 years ago
You only have one flashdrive? If that’s the case, skip the part about installing the firmware and continue with the install. I’ve had to do it that way before too. Preferably you want that firmware installed I’m assuming.
Apana Jude 5 years ago
You can download the firmware missing using the link, then put the downloaded firmware into the firmware folder in the boot bootable Kali in your pen drive or SD card then try installing the Kali Linux
ROBORIS99x 6 years ago
Unplugging and pluggng it back isn’t working.
Any other ways!
Nimesh P 5 years ago — edited 5 years ago
The better think is use Rufus and use
dd image to create bootable media done
Hendra Wijaya 5 years ago
All the way does not work for me.
Is it because my laptop does not have a cdrom?
Does it matter?
Pls answer.
P. c? Ðèépak Lâhãrï 5 years ago
Stuart David Bennett 5 years ago
For those using Windows 10, make sure to be in windows logged in, hold shift down and and then navigate to power>restartPC. This will bring up the UEFI boot menu, go to advance options and select the UEFI option. Your pc will reboot to Bios, make sure full USB support is enabled instead of partial under boot options, click save settings and reboot after setting the boot priority to only your USB.
John Does 4 years ago — edited 4 years ago
Dan G 4 years ago
Thank You for this. I have been wondering why my images were not working , and out of ALL the solutions I looked at, like the popular (mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /cdrom) which never worked, I was convinced that there was something wrong with my imaging process and you found it » in rufus USE DD not ISO» and honestly I am kinda ashamed that I was moving so fast that I let that slip by me,,well, I did it and it Worked! I don’t understand why this isn’t talked about more!!
THIS WORKS!
THIS WORKS!
THIS WORKS!
jay martinez- watkins 3 years ago
ive tried remounting my USB as a cd-rom in a terminal. Tried the 30 seconds deal. There is something missing- perhaps a legit distro? I have tried to work this out from a terminal to no avail! I am trying to get it grub’d up from a Debian boot. Anything I’m missing here?
jay martinez- watkins 3 years ago
Ahmed Hassan 3 years ago
Great
thank you
i used first step , it works
Use Rufus to Create Your Bootable Kali USB
For this to work, you must use Rufus to create your bootable Kali USB. You can download it here: rufus.akeo.ie . When prompted, select ‘DD Image Mode’. Using ‘ISO Image Mode’ will not work!!
Emilio Radegonda 1 year ago
when I got the message for the 50th time, over and over again trying each time something else found on the internet, trying to install latest Kali, I tried to remove the USB stick and plugged into another port. strangely it found the «installationMedia» and continued installing. this can only happen with Linux-stuff .
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