2010-10-17, 01:20
SpitIV Wrote:Wiping the MBR then formatting the flash drive before using unetbootin to write the ISO onto it fixed it for me. I used linux and dd to wipe the MBR. I suspect the format wasn't necessary.
Thanks SpitIV - I think you are correct... the MBR had to be formated again. Not sure why... I am not a linux users, so the dd command was "greek" to me. However, I got the gist.
For those having the same problem - but are Windows users, here was my solution.
"No CD-Rom found" - I had the same problem and could not figure out how to get around this issue - for weeks (it was driving me nuts). I was using the exact same process (unetbootin) and hardware as before (and never had a problem). I was using the same USB stick, same Acer Apire Revo 1600, same 8gig SD card as hard drive.
What didn't work for me:
1 - Upgrading Unetbootin - it made no difference.
2 - Format USB stick
3 - Use different versions of .iso
I finally got it to work... whoo hoo!
What did work - My solution (your mileage may vary):
I am Windows user (this was my original method)... but tried the same process using Ubuntu.
1) Install VirtualBox and create a virtual machine (My host machine is Windows based)
2) Install Ubuntu 10.x
--- Assumes you are now in Ubuntu
3) Download XBMC Dharma_b3 (extract .zip to .iso)
4) Download Unetbootin
--- Assumes you have inserted the USB stick and Ubuntu detects and mounts
5) run Disk Utility (System - Administration - Disk Utility)
6) Select the USB stick from within Disk Utility - "unmount Volume" - then "format drive" and choose scheme: "Master Boot Volume"... (I think this was the secret sauce).
7) Then "format volume"
--- Assumes you successfuly formated USB drive MBR and Volume
8) Use Unetbootin - select the Dharma .iso you downloaded and target the newly formated USB.
This finally worked - I did not get the 'no CD-Rom drive found' error.
Good luck!