Re: "Your installation media couldn't be mounted"

Philipp Klaus Krause <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:52:58 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.hurd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 25.02.26 um 14:30 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> Hello,
> 
> Philipp Klaus Krause, le mer. 25 févr. 2026 12:38:02 +0100, a ecrit:
>> I downloaded debian-sid-hurd-amd64-NETINST-1.iso,
> 
> [...]
> 
>> But the installer then tells me "Your installation media couldn't be
>> mounted. When installing from CD-ROM, this probably means that the disk was
>> not in the drive. If so you can insert it and try again."
>>
>> Immediately before, I briefly see a message "/hurd/iso9660fs: Could not find
>> valid superblock".
> 
> Have you checked the md5 of the file, to make sure you didn't get
> corruption?

I had not, also didn't see a md5sum 
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/current/; bur 
I have since redownloaded it and checked that the files are identical.

I've also retried installing twice more, and see the same problem both 
times. My host system is Debian GNU/Linux testing.

In the Debian Hurd installer, I selected:
* Text install
* Language: C
* Location: Europe
* Location: Germany
* Keyboard: German

Philipp