Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ubuntu Install: Buffer I/O Error on Device SR0
Installing Ubuntu has been a bit of a challenge due to errors reading from my optical drive. I was able to get through some installs successfully with a CD burned with Ubuntu but in most cases it fails while trying to read from the CD before the install is finished. I tried moving devices around on the IDE cable, burning the disc at a slower speed, verifying the disc burned correctly, making sure the ISO image checksums correctly. It just appears that the drive I'm using to burn the disc or the media I'm using just isn't compatible with my Ubuntu machine's drive. The one thing that did work is using DVD media instead of CD media. If you're having the same problem, I recommend giving this a shot.
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I just wanted to say this did the trick for me! After trying slower speeds on the CD-R burn I was getting nowhere (except frustrated).
Kept getting the dev/sr0 I/O error you described whenever I tried to start the install or test the media.
Thanks for the tip!
Awesome. Glad it worked for you. That was annoying the hell out of me too.
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