Unable to find a medium containing a live file system with boot from iso

Question

Unable to find a medium containing a live file system:

 reset/press Shift/c (command line)
 grub> insmod iso9660
 grub> loopback l (hd0,6)/lubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso
 grub> set root=(l)
 grub> source (l)/boot/grub/loopback.cfg
 grub> [press Esc]
 Select Install Lubuntu
 ......
 (initramfs)Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
 (initramfs)

Please describe a bit more about your current setup; hardware, other Linux ISOs tried, boot from USB, etc. It looks like the storage controller isn't working as it can't find the CDROM. — gertvdijk, Dec 16 '12 at 17:38
Possible duplicate of Error when installing: "unable to find a medium containing a live file system" — techraf, Apr 01 '16 at 03:25

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 01 '16 at 03:38

3

Resolved as:

set iso_path=/lubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso

edited Apr 01 '16 at 03:38

techraf

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answered Dec 17 '12 at 22:17

Alexander

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Unable to find a medium containing a live file system with boot from iso

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